Section 24
Procedure Code by Visitors
Where the Medical Director of an approved psychiatric hospital under section 23 is satisfied that a person admitted and confined under section 348 of the Criminal Procedure Code or corresponding provisions in any other written law may be safely
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discharged without any danger of his doing injury to himself or to any other person, he may, as soon as may be possible, cause the person to be brought before the Visitors for personal examination.
(2)
If upon considering the report of the Medical Director and by the personal examination of the person, the Visitors are satisfied that the person poses no danger to himself or to any other person, the
Visitors and the Medical Director shall jointly certify as required under section 350 of the Criminal Procedure Code that the person may be safely discharged without danger of his doing injury to himself or to any other person.
(3)
The certificate referred to in subsection (2) shall be submitted to the State Secretary of the State of the Ruler or Yang di-Pertua
Negeri by whose order the person is confined or the Chief Secretary to the Government if the person is confined by the order of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
Review of persons confined under section 344 or 348 of the