20. Review of involuntary patient by Medical Director

Terms defined in s 2

• Court

  Court

  Defined · s 2

  “Court” means the High Court, a Sessions Court or a Magistrate Court or a Syariah Court as the context may require, and includes a Judge whether sitting in Court or in Chambers; Mental Health 11

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• involuntary patient

  involuntary patient

  Defined · s 2

  “involuntary patient” means a person admitted into a psychiatric hospital under section 10, or detained in the hospital under subsection 9(5) or 14(1) or 14(3), or received into a psychiatric hospital by an order of Court under section 73;

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• Medical Director

  Medical Director

  Defined · s 2

  “Medical Director” means— (a) the Medical Director of a psychiatric hospital appointed under subsection 5(1) or section 6, as the case may be, and includes a Deputy Medical Director appointed under the section; and (b) the Head of Psychiatry appointed under subsection 5(2);

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• psychiatric hospital

  psychiatric hospital

  Defined · s 2

  “psychiatric hospital” means a government psychiatric hospital or a private psychiatric hospital including a gazetted private psychiatric hospital;

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