Malaysia legislation

Section 11

of *MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2001

Section 11

(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