HONG KONG
No. 35 of 1960.
I assent.
R. B. Black,
Governor.
8th September, 1960.
An Ordinance to amend and consolidate the law relating to mental disorder and its treatment and to make provision for the reception, detention and treatment of persons of unsound mind.
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Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows—
PART I.
Preliminary.
Short title and commencement. 1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Mental Health Ordinance, 1960, and shall come into operation on a day to be appointed by the Governor by Proclamation in the Gazette.
Interpretation. 2. In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires—
“certified patient” means a person who is detained in a mental hospital in accordance with the provisions of section 36;
“Court” means the Supreme Court and any Judge of the Supreme Court;
“Director of Social Welfare” includes an assistant director of social welfare;
“guardian” in relation to a person under the age of sixteen years includes any person having charge of the person under the age of sixteen years and the Director of Social Welfare;
“hospital order” means an order made in accordance with the provisions of section 45 or of section 54;
“medical officer” means a registered medical practitioner in the full time employment of Government;
“medical superintendent” means the medical superintendent or an assistant medical superintendent of a mental hospital appointed in accordance with the provision of section 4;
“mental hospital” means any place declared to be a mental hospital in accordance with the provisions of section 3;
“mentally disordered person” means a person who is so far disabled in mind or who is so mentally ill or subnormal due to arrested or incomplete development of mind as to render it either necessary or