Mental Treatment Act, 1945

Examination of person detained as temporary patient by Inspector of Mental Hospitals.

226.—(1) Where the Inspector of Mental Hospitals makes a visit and inspection required by this Act of an approved institution, he shall examine every person who is detained as a temporary patient therein and who has been received since he made his last visit and inspection required by this Act of the institution.

(2) The Inspector of Mental Hospitals may, at the request of the person in charge of an approved institution, examine any person detained as a temporary patient in the institution.

(3) If, upon examining under this section a person detained as a temporary patient, the Inspector of Mental Hospitals is of opinion that the person should remain in the institution in which he is being treated, the Inspector shall give a statement in writing to that effect to the person in charge of the institution.

(4) If, upon examining under this section a person detained as a temporary patient, the Inspector of Mental Hospitals is of opinion that the person should not remain in the institution in which he is being treated, the Inspector shall make a report to the Minister containing a statement of his opinion, the grounds on which the opinion is based, and such other observations as he thinks proper.