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Review of detention.
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38.—(1) An application may be made to a review board to review the detention of any person detained in a special, district or registered psychiatric centre or the conditions applying to a person discharged conditionally.
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(2) The application shall be granted where it is made by the person detained or by—
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(a) a parent or guardian of that person,
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(b) the spouse of that person, or a brother or sister of that person being over 18 years of age,
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(c) a son or daughter of that person, being over 18 years of age.
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(3) Where the Minister, the President of the High Court or the Registrar of Wards of Court makes the application, it shall be granted.
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(4) Where some other person makes the application, it may be granted or refused at the discretion of the board.
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(5) Where an application is granted the examination shall take place within one month.
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(6) The manner of making applications and the procedure of a review board, including the making of arrangements by it for an independent medical examination of the patient, may be prescribed.
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