Malaysia legislation
Section 40
Section 40
(2)
Subject to this section, where a member appointed for any month is unable to act for that month or any part thereof, the
Chairman shall appoint another member in his place.
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(3)
The Visitors for a psychiatric hospital shall at all times consist of a medical officer or a registered medical practitioner, preferably a psychiatrist, who does not work in that hospital and two other persons, and one of such Visitors shall be a female person.
(4)
The Visitors for a psychiatric nursing home shall at all times consist of a medical officer or a registered medical practitioner, preferably a psychiatrist, and a government staff nurse or registered staff nurse who does not work in that nursing home or have patients in that nursing home and one other person, and one of such Visitors shall be a female person.
(5)
Except where the decision of the Visitors to recommend the discharge of a person confined under section 344 or 348 of the
Criminal Procedure Code or corresponding provisions of any other written law must be unanimous, the decision of the Visitors on any other matter before them may be unanimous or by a majority consisting of the concurring opinions of two Visitors.
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