22. Authorization of hospitalization

Terms defined in s 2

• medical officer

  medical officer

  Defined · s 2

  “medical officer” means a registered medical practitioner in the service of the Government and includes a registered medical practitioner in any teaching hospital of a public institution of higher learning, but does not include a registered medical practitioner in any part of the Government hospital or teaching hospital of a public institution of higher learning, which are privatized or corporatized;

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• police officer

  police officer

  Defined · s 2

  “police officer” has the same meaning as in the Police Act 1967;

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• Protector

  Protector

  Defined · s 2

  “Protector” means— (a) the Director General; (b) the Deputy Director General; (c) a Divisional Director of Social Welfare, Department of Social Welfare; (d); (e) any Social Welfare Officer appointed under section 8;

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