Health (Mental Services) Act, 1981

Furnishing of documents to detained and discharged persons.

34.—(1) The medical officer in charge of a psychiatric centre shall, upon the making of a reception order under which a person is to be detained in the centre, give that person a copy of the order and a copy of the recommendation for his reception and, upon the making of any extension order, he shall give that person a copy of the order.

(2) The medical officer in charge of a psychiatric centre shall, upon the making of a reception order under which a person is to be detained in the centre, give that person a statement in writing of his rights and entitlements under this Act.

(3) The medical officer in charge of a psychiatric centre or special psychiatric centre shall, on reasonable request, give a person detained in the centre a copy of every document referred to in subsection (1) or (2).

(4) The medical officer in charge of a special, district or registered psychiatric centre from which a detained person is discharged shall, upon request made within twelve months after his discharge, give that person a copy of the reception order under which he was detained and of any extension order and a copy of the recommendation for his reception.