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Examination of person detained as temporary patient by Inspector of Mental Hospitals.
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226.—(1) Where the Inspector of Mental Hospitals makes a visit and inspection required by this Act of an approved institution, he shall examine every person who is detained as a temporary patient therein and who has been received since he made his last visit and inspection required by this Act of the institution.
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(2) The Inspector of Mental Hospitals may, at the request of the person in charge of an approved institution, examine any person detained as a temporary patient in the institution.
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(3) If, upon examining under this section a person detained as a temporary patient, the Inspector of Mental Hospitals is of opinion that the person should remain in the institution in which he is being treated, the Inspector shall give a statement in writing to that effect to the person in charge of the institution.
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(4) If, upon examining under this section a person detained as a temporary patient, the Inspector of Mental Hospitals is of opinion that the person should not remain in the institution in which he is being treated, the Inspector shall make a report to the Minister containing a statement of his opinion, the grounds on which the opinion is based, and such other observations as he thinks proper.
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