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Making of recommendation for reception.
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163.—(1) Where application is made for a recommendation for reception, the authorised medical officer shall within twenty-four hours after receipt of the application—
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(a) visit and examine the person to whom the application relates, and
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(b) after such examination, either—
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(i) if he is satisfied that it is proper to make the recommendation and is of opinion that the person to whom the application relates will, if received, be a chargeable patient, make the recommendation in the prescribed form, or
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(ii) in any other case, refuse the application.
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(2) The following provisions shall have effect in relation to a recommendation for reception:—
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(a) the recommendation shall state the date of the examination by the authorised medical officer of the person to whom the recommendation relates and shall be signed on the date of such examination;
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(b) the recommendation shall contain a certificate that such person is of unsound mind, is a proper person to be taken charge of and detained under care and treatment, and is unlikely to recover within six months from the date of such examination;
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(c) the recommendation shall contain a statement of the facts upon which the authorised medical officer has formed his opinion that such person is a person of unsound mind, distinguishing facts observed by himself and facts communicated by others.
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