(5) Nothing contained in the foregoing provisions shall be deemed to absolve a person legally
bound to maintain a mentally disordered person from maintaining such a person.
48. Maintenance out of pay, pension, etc.__ (1) Where any sum is payable in respect of pay,
pension, gratuity or any allowance to any person by the Government and the person to whom the sum
is payable if certified by a Magistrate under this Ordinance to be a mentally disordered person, the
officer under whose authority such sum would be payable, may pay to the person having charge of
the mentally disordered person so much of the said sum, as he thinks tit, having regard to the cost of
maintenance of such person and may pay to such members of the family of the mentally disordered
person as are dependent on him for maintenance, the surplus, if any, or such part thereof, as he thinks
fit, having regard to the expenses of maintenance of such member.
(2) Where there is any further surplus amount available out of the funds specified subsection (1)
after making payments as provided in that subsection, the Government shall hold the same to be
dealt with as follows, namely:__
(a) where a mentally disordered person is certified to have ceased to be mentally disordered
by the Court of Protection within the local limits of whose jurisdiction such person resides
or is admitted, the whole of the surplus amount shall be paid back to that person;
(b) where a mentally disordered person dies before payment, the whole of the surplus
amount shall be paid over to those of his heirs who are legally entitled to receive the
same; and
(c) where a mentally disordered person dies during his mental disorder without leaving any
person legally entitled to succeed to his estate, the whole of the surplus amount shall be
paid into the State Treasury.
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CHAPTER VII
PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF MENTALLY DISORDERED PERSONS
49. Cases of attempted suicide. A person who attempt is suicide shall be assessed by an
approved psychiatrist and if found to be suffering from a mental disorder shall be treated
appropriately under the provisions of this Ordinance.
50. Confidentiality. No patient shall be publicized nor his identity disclosed to the public through
press or media unless such person chooses to publicise his own condition.
51. Informed consent.__(1) Before commencing any investigation or treatment a psychiatrist or
nominated medical officer shall obtain written informed consent, on a prescribed form, from the
patient or if the patient is a minor, his nearest relative or a guardian, as the case may be.
(2) Where the consent of a patient to any form of investigation (s) and or treatment (s) has been
given the patient or if the patient is a minor, his nearest relative or a guardian, as the case may be,
may withdraw his consent in writing at any time before the completion of the treatment.
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