(4) A patient admitted to a psychiatric facility in pursuance of an application for admission for
assessment may be detained for a period not exceeding 28 days beginning with the day on which
application was made under this section, but shall not be detained after the expiration of that period
unless before it has expired he has become liable to be detained by virtue of a subsequent application,
order or direction under the provisions of this Ordinance.
(5) Where a psychiatrist deems it fit he may discharge the patient from detention and advise the
patient to continue treatment on voluntary basis.
(6) The patient, his relatives or guardian shall have the right of filing only one appeal against the
order of detention under this section to a Court of Protection within a period of 14 days from the day
on which the application was made. The decision of the Court of Protection shall be final for the
period of detention under this section.
11. Admission for treatment.__ (1) A patient may be admitted to a psychiatric facility and
detained there for the period allowed by the following provisions, in pursuance of an application
made in accordance with this section.
(2) An application for admission for treatment may be made in respect of a patient on the grounds
that__
(a) he is suffering from mental illness, severe mental impairment severe personality disorder
or mental impairment and his mental disorder is of a nature of degree which makes it
appropriate for him to receive medical treatment in a psychiatric facility; and
(b) it is necessary for the health or safety of the patient or for the protection of other persons
that he should receive such treatment and it cannot be provided unless he is admitted
under this section.
(3) An application for admission for treatment shall be founded on the written recommendations,
on the prescribed form of two medical officers, one of whom shall be an approved psychiatrist,
including in each case a statement that in the opinion of such medical officers the conditions set out
in subsection (2) above are complied with; and each such recommendation shall include__
(a) such particulars as may be prescribed of the grounds for that opinion so far as it relates to
the conditions set out in clause (a) of that subsection; and
(b) a statement of the reason for that opinion so far as it relates to the conditions set out in
clause (b) of that subsection, specifying, whether other methods of dealing with the
patient are available and, if so, why they are not appropriate.
(4) A patient admitted to a psychiatric facility in pursuance of an application under this section
may be detained in a psychiatric facility, for a period not exceeding six months allowed by clause (b)
of section 9 but shall not be so detained or kept for any longer period unless the authority for his
detention is renewed under this section__
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