Mental Treatment Act, 1945

Notice to the Minister of escape, etc.

202.—(1) Where a person detained in a mental institution escapes or is moved or discharged therefrom or dies, written notice of the escape, removal, discharge, or death shall, within three days thereafter, be given to the Minister and such notice shall be in the prescribed form and contain the prescribed particulars.

(2) Where a person who has been detained in a mental institution and has escaped or been moved therefrom is again received into or is brought back to the institution, written notice of the reception or bringing back of the person shall, within three days thereafter, be given to the Minister, and such notice shall be in the prescribed form and contain the prescribed particulars.

(3) Where the Minister receives a notice under this section in relation to a person detained under a private patient reception order, he shall notify the Registrar of Wards of Court and, if so requested by the Registrar, give to him a copy of the notice under this section

(4) The Minister shall retain every notice given to him under this section and shall enter the prescribed particulars in regard to such notice in the register kept under this Part of this Act.