Conveying or admitting person with mental illness to mental health establishment by Magistrate

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Statutory text

(1) Where a Magistrate has reason to believe that a person with mental illness is not under proper care and control, or is being ill-treated or neglected by any person having the care of such person, the Magistrate may order the person with mental illness to be produced before him.
(2) The Magistrate may appoint a medical officer of a Government hospital or a psychiatrist to examine the person with mental illness and to report on whether such person is a person with mental illness and needs to be admitted to a mental health establishment.
(3) After considering the report and after giving the person alleged to have mental illness an opportunity of being heard, if the Magistrate is satisfied that the person with mental illness is not under proper care and control, or is being ill-treated or neglected, he may order the admission of such person to a mental health establishment.
(4) Where a person is admitted to a mental health establishment under this section, he shall be dealt with as a supported patient, and the Board shall review the case of such person within one month of such admission.

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