Section 73
Order for reception of mentally disordered person
Where upon an inquiry under this Part a person is found by the Court to be incapable of managing himself and his affairs due to his mental disorder but the Court does not appoint a committee of his person, the Court shall make an order for the person to be received into a government psychiatric hospital or a gazetted private psychiatric hospital and send him in suitable custody, together with the order for his reception, to the psychiatric hospital named in the order.
(2)
Notwithstanding subsection (1), if a friend or relative of the mentally disordered person satisfies the Court that he undertakes to take proper care of the person and prevent him from injuring himself
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or others, the Court may, instead of making an order under the subsection, make an order handing him over to the care of the friend or relative.
(3)
A person received into a psychiatric hospital by an order of the Court under subsection (1) shall, for the purpose of this Act, be deemed to be an involuntary patient.