(3) On receipt of the application under subsection (1), the psychiatrist in charge may grant leave
of absence to the mentally ill person for such period as he may deem necessary and subject to such
conditions as may, in the interests of the personal safety of the mentally ill patient or for the
protection of others, be specified in the order.
(4) In case a patient is not returned by the relative after a specified period of leave, the said
psychiatrist shall report to the Magistrate, in whose jurisdiction the psychiatric facility is situated, and
the referring authority and the Magistrate if satisfied, may direct the police to recover and return the
said patient to the psychiatric facility.
(5) In any case where a patient is absent from a psychiatric facility in pursuance of order of leave
granted under this section and it appears to the psychiatrist that is it necessary to do so in the interest
of the patients' safety or for the protection of other persons, he may by notice in writing given to the
patient or to the person for the time being incharge of the patient, revoke the leave to absence and
recall the patient to the psychiatric facility.
(6) If after the passage of reasonable time after the notice as given under subsection (5) above,
the patient does not return or is not returned, then the psychiatrist may report to the Magistrate and
the referring authority of the reasons of revoking the leave of absence.
(7) If the Magistrate is satisfied with the report of the psychiatrist and the reasons as mentioned in
this section, he may direct the police to locate and produce the patient before him on a specified date
and the Magistrate after hearing the patient, the person in charge and the concerned psychiatrist or
their representatives, may make an order placing the patient in the psychiatric facility or allow him to
continue being in the care and custody of the person in charge or may make such other orders as he
may deem fit.
(8) Without prejudice to what has been stated above in this section, the period of detention under
provisions of section 10 or 11 shall continue during the period for which order of leave was granted:
Provided that a patient in whose favour order of leave has been granted under this section shall
not be recalled, after he has ceased to be liable to be detained for the periods specified under section
10 or 11, unless he is absent, at the expiration of period specified under the above referred sections,
without leave from the psychiatric facility.
21. Discharge of a patient.__ (1) The psychiatrist incharge of the treatment of a patient, may by
order in writing, direct discharge of the patient at any time he deems it appropriate.
(2) Where any order of discharge is made under subsection (1), in respect of a person who has
been admitted or is undergoing treatment as a patient in pursuance of an order of a referring authority,
a copy of such order shall be immediately forwarded to that authority by the psychiatrist in charge.
(3) Any person admitted in a psychiatric facility under an order made in pursuance of an
application made under this Ordinance, may be discharged on an application made to the psychiatrist
in charge:
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