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section 26

Medical examination and detention of lunatics and leprosy patients.

The Goa Prevention of Begging Act, 1972
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  1. (1) Where it appears to the Government that any beggar detained in a Certified Institution under any order of a Court is of unsound mind or a leper, the Government may by an order setting forth the grounds of belief that the beggar is of unsound mind or a leper, order his removal to a mental hospital or leper asylum or place of safe custody, there to be kept and treated in such manner as the Government directs during the unexpired portion of the term for which he has been ordered to be detained or, if on the expiration of that term it is certified by a medical officer that it is necessary for the safety of the beggar or of others that he should be further detained under medical care or treatment, then until he is discharged according to the Law relating to the lunatics or lepers, as the case may be, for the time being in force.
  2. (2) Where it appears to the Government that the beggar has ceased to be of unsound mind, or is cured of leprosy, it shall, by an order directed to the person having charge of the beggar, if still liable to be kept in custody, order him to be discharged.
  3. (3) The provisions of section 31 of the Indian Lunacy Act, 1912, or of the Legislative Diploma No. 430, dated the 18th August, 1930, shall apply to every beggar confined in a mental hospital or leper asylum under sub-section
  4. (1) after the expiration of the period for which he was ordered to be detained, and the time during which a beggar is confined in a mental hospital or leper asylum under that sub-section shall be reckoned as part of the period for which he may have been ordered by the Court to be detained: Provided that where the removal of a beggar due to unsoundness of mind or leprosy is immediately necessary it shall be open to the authorities of the Institution in which the beggar is detained to apply to a Court, having jurisdiction under the Indian Lunacy Act, 1912, or under the provisions of the Legislative Diploma No. 430, dated the 18th August, 1930, as the case may be, for an immediate order of committal to a mental hospital or a leper asylum until such time as the orders of the Government be obtained in the matter. 4 of 1912. 4 of 1912.

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