Mental Treatment Act, 1945
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Amendment of private patient reception order. |
182.—(1) Where a private patient reception order is found, within twenty-one days after the reception of the person to whom the order relates, to be in any respect incorrect or defective, the registered medical practitioners by whom the order was made may, with the consent of the Minister, amend the order within such twenty-one days. | |
(2) Where, within twenty-one days after a private patient reception order is made, the Minister is satisfied that the order is in any respect incorrect or defective, the Minister may, by notice in writing given to the person in charge of the relevant mental institution, require the order to be amended under this section, and, if the order is not so amended to the satisfaction of the Minister within such twenty-one days, the Minister may, if he so thinks fit, direct that the person to whom the order relates shall be discharged and, if the Minister so directs, such person shall be discharged accordingly. | ||
(3) Where an amendment is made under this section in a private patient reception order, the order shall have effect as if the amendment had been contained in it when it was signed. | ||
(4) Where, within twenty-one days after a reception in a mental institution in pursuance of a private patient reception order, the order is found to be incorrect or defective, the person carrying on the institution and the other persons mentioned in sub-section (2) of section 181 of this Act shall have in relation to the person to whom the order relates the powers specified in sub-section (1) of that section during such twenty-one days. |