Mental Treatment Act, 1961

Amendment of section 171 of Principal Act.

13.—The following subsection is hereby added to section 171 of the Principal Act:

“(3) (a) Where, the resident medical superintendent of a district mental hospital or another medical officer acting on his behalf having purported to make pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of this section a chargeable patient reception order, it is ascertained that the person removed to the hospital was not ordinarily resident at a material time in the appropriate mental hospital district, both the order and the recommendation by reference to which the order was made shall be as valid for all purposes as if such person had been ordinarily resident at that time in that district.

(b) Where, the resident medical superintendent of a district mental hospital or another medical officer of the hospital acting on his behalf having purported to refuse pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of this section to make a chargeable patient reception order, it is ascertained that the person removed to the hospital was not ordinarily resident at a material time in the appropriate mental hospital district, the recommendation for reception on which such person was so removed shall be as valid for all purposes as if he had been ordinarily resident at that time in that district.”