Mental Treatment Act, 1945
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Expenses of Gárda Síochána under Chapter I of Part XIV. |
175.—(1) The following provisions shall have effect in relation to any expenses incurred by the Gárda Síochána under this Chapter of this Part of this Act in connection with the removal of a person for examination or in connection with the removal of a person to a district mental hospital:— | |
(a) such expenses shall, to such extent as may be sanctioned by the Minister for Finance, be paid out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas, | ||
(b) such expenses shall be repaid to the Minister for Justice by the public assistance authority for the public assistance district in which the person ordinarily resides and, in default of being so repaid, shall be recoverable as a simple contract debt in any court of competent jurisdiction, | ||
(c) any amount repaid or recovered as aforesaid shall be paid into or disposed of for the benefit of the Exchequer in accordance with the directions of the Minister for Finance. | ||
(2) Expenses repaid under this section by a public assistance authority shall be recoverable under the Public Assistance Act, 1939 (No. 27 of 1939), by such authority as if the expenses represented the cost of public assistance within the meaning of that Act given by such authority to the person removed. |