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Patients may be permitted to be absent on trial from licensed houses and district lunatic asylums.
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8. One of the inspectors of lunatics as regards any licensed house, and three of the governors met as a board of any district lunatic asylum as regards such district lunatic asylum, may, from time to time, of his or of their own authority, permit any patient therein to be absent from such licensed house or district lunatic asylum upon trial for such period, not exceeding thirty days, as he or they may think fit, and such three of the governors of such district lunatic asylum may make or order to be made an allowance during any such period to any such patient of such district lunatic asylum, not exceeding what would be the charge for him in such district lunatic asylum, which allowance shall be charged for him and be payable as if he were actually in such district lunatic asylum, but shall be paid over to him or for his benefit as the said governors may direct.
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In case any person so allowed to be absent on trial for any period do not return at the expiration thereof, and a medical certificate as to his state of mind certifying that his detention as a lunatic is no longer necessary be not sent to the proprietor or superintendent of such licensed house, or to the resident medical superintendent of such district lunatic asylum, he may at any time within fourteen days after the expiration of the same period be retaken, as in case of an escape.
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