Mental Health Act · 2023 Revised Edition · Part · Persons Admitted or Confined in Psychiatric Facilities Under Criminal Procedure Code
Section 24
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
If a relative or a friend of a person confined in a place of safe custody makes an application under section 325(1) of the Criminal
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;
Procedure Code (Chapter 7) for that person to be delivered over to his care and custody, that relative or friend shall give a copy of the application to the officer in charge.
friend
“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);
Upon receiving the application or a copy of the application (as the case may be), the Board and the officer in charge or any officer authorised by him shall examine the person and make such recommendation for the purposes of section 325(1) of the Criminal Procedure Code (Chapter 7)
Board
“Board” means a Board of Visitors appointed under regulations made under section 77(1);
whether in their judgment that person could be delivered over to the care and custody of the relative or friend and that he may, subject to such conditions as the Board may determine, be discharged.
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;
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