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Mental Health Act · 2023 Revised Edition · Part · Proceedings in Inquiries Into Mental Disorder
Mental Health Act · 2023 Revised Edition · Part · Proceedings in Inquiries Into Mental Disorder
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At any time after the application for the inquiry is made, the Court may —
require the applicant to produce the person alleged to be a mentally disordered person at such time and place as the Court may appoint, for the purpose of an examination by the Court or by a psychiatrist from whom the Court may require a report to be made of his mental capacity and condition; and
make an order authorising any person or persons named in the order to have access to the person alleged to be a mentally disordered person for the purpose of the examination and making the report referred to in paragraph (a).
The psychiatrist making a report under subsection (1)(a) in respect of the person alleged to be a mentally disordered person shall consider —
psychiatrist
“psychiatrist” means a medical practitioner with such qualifications, training and experience in psychiatry as the Director-General may recognise;
the nature and degree of his condition;
the complexity of his estate;
the effect of his condition upon his conduct in administering his estate; and
any other circumstances the psychiatrist considers relevant to the estate, the person alleged to be a mentally disordered person and his condition.
The report referred to in subsection (1)(a) shall be admissible in evidence at the inquiry to be held by the Court under this Part.
mentally disordered person
“mentally disordered person” means a person who suffers from a mental disorder;
psychiatrist
“psychiatrist” means a medical practitioner with such qualifications, training and experience in psychiatry as the Director-General may recognise;
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