Section 11
Apprehension of mentally disordered person
ActIn forceProvision 11 of 94
Section 11
(1)
Any police officer or social welfare officer may apprehend any person whom he has reason to believe is mentally disordered and is, because of mental disorder, dangerous to himself or to other persons or property.
(2)
The police officer or social welfare officer who has apprehended a person under subsection (1) shall as soon as practicable, but not later than twenty-four hours after the apprehension, bring the person to a medical officer in a government psychiatric hospital or a registered medical practitioner in a gazetted private psychiatric hospital for examination.
Procedure in cases of proved ill-treatment of suspected mentally disordered person