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MENTAL HEALTH (CARE AND TREATMENT)
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“(c) is mentally disordered and incapable of managing himself or his affairs.”.
(35) Police Force Act
(Chapter 235, 2006 Ed.)
Section 101(5) Delete paragraph (c) and substitute the following paragraph:
“(c) is mentally disordered and incapable of managing himself or his affairs.”.
(36) Prisons Act
(Chapter 247, 2000 Ed.)
Section 43 (i) Delete the words “of unsound mind” wherever they appear in subsection (1) and substitute in each case the words “mentally disordered”.
(ii) Delete the words “again become of sound mind” in subsection (2) and substitute the words “ceased to be mentally disordered”.
(iii) Delete the words “Section 40 of the Mental Disorders and Treatment Act (Cap. 178) shall apply to every person confined in a mental hospital under this section” in subsection (3) and substitute the words “Where a person is confined under this section in a psychiatric institution within the meaning of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) Act 2008, section 15 of that Act shall apply to such person”.
(iv) Delete the section heading and substitute the following section heading:
Prisoners who are mentally disordered”.