Mental Health Act · 2023 Revised Edition · Part · Persons Admitted or Confined in Psychiatric Facilities Under Criminal Procedure Code
23. Review of persons confined under section 317 or 321 of Criminal Procedure Code
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Where the officer in charge or any officer authorised by him is satisfied, after an examination under section 22, that —
officer in charge
“officer in charge” means the person responsible for the management and control of a psychiatric facility and for the supervision of the medical staff, nursing staff, technical staff and ancillary staff employed in that facility;
Mental Health
a person admitted and confined under section 317 or 321 of the Criminal Procedure Code (Chapter 7) or under the corresponding provisions of any other written law may be discharged; and
the person is not in need of further care or treatment in that facility, he may, as soon as practicable, cause him to be brought before the Board for examination.
If upon considering the report of the officer in charge or any officer authorised by him and the examination of the person, the Board is satisfied that he is not in need of further care or treatment in that facility, the
Board
“Board” means a Board of Visitors appointed under regulations made under section 77(1);
Board, and the officer in charge or any officer authorised by the officer in charge, shall make such recommendation for the purposes of section 324(1)
of the Criminal Procedure Code (Chapter 7) that he may, subject to such conditions as the Board may determine, be discharged.
Review of persons by Board on application of relative or friend under section 325 of Criminal Procedure Code (Chapter 7)
relative
“relative” means any of the following persons of or above 18 years of age — (a) husband or wife; (b) son or daughter; (c) father or mother; (d) brother or sister; (e) grandparent; (f) grandchild; (g) maternal or paternal uncle or aunt; (h) nephew or niece;
Terms defined in s 2
Board
Defined · s 2“Board” means a Board of Visitors appointed under regulations made under section 77(1);
friend
Defined · s 2“friend”, in relation to a mentally disordered person, means — (a) a person, other than a relative, of or above 18 years of age — (i) with whom the mentally disordered person had been ordinarily residing for a period of not less than 2 years; or (ii) if the mentally disordered person is an in-patient in a psychiatric facility, with whom he had been ordinarily residing for a period of not less than 2 years before he was admitted there; or (b) a body or an organisation recognised by the Minister under subsection (4);
officer in charge
Defined · s 2“officer in charge” means the person responsible for the management and control of a psychiatric facility and for the supervision of the medical staff, nursing staff, technical staff and ancillary staff employed in that facility;
relative
Defined · s 2“relative” means any of the following persons of or above 18 years of age — (a) husband or wife; (b) son or daughter; (c) father or mother; (d) brother or sister; (e) grandparent; (f) grandchild; (g) maternal or paternal uncle or aunt; (h) nephew or niece;
Part
Community Psychiatric Residence
Part
Community Mental Health Centre
Part
Visits, Examination and Review by Board of Visitors
Part
Quality of Psychiatric Healthcare Facilities and Services
Part
Proceedings in Inquiries Into Mental Disorder
Part