expedient that he, either for his own sake or in the public interest, should be placed and kept under control;
“mental hospital visitor” means a person appointed to be a mental hospital visitor in accordance with the provisions of section 5 while he is so appointed;
“patient” means a person received into a mental hospital in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance;
“patient under observation” means a person who is detained in a mental hospital in accordance with the provisions of section 31 or section 32;
“prescribed form” means a form prescribed by regulations made under section 70;
“registered medical practitioner” means a person who is registered or who is deemed to be registered in accordance with the provisions of the (25 of 1957).Medical Registration Ordinance, 1957;
“Registrar” means the Registrar of the Supreme Court;
“temporary patient” means a person who has been admitted into and is in a mental hospital in accordance with the provisions of section 33;
“transfer order” means an order issued in accordance with the provisions of section 52 or section 53;
“tribunal” means the Hospital Order Appeal Tribunal established in accordance with the provisions of section 49;
“voluntary patient” means a person who has been admitted into and is in a mental hospital in accordance with the provisions of section 30.
Declaration of mental hospitals. 3. (1) The Governor may by order declare any place which is the property of the Government to be a mental hospital for the detention, custody, treatment and care of mentally disordered persons.
(2) The Governor on the application of the owner thereof, may, by order, declare any place which is not the property of the Government to be a mental hospital for the detention, custody, treatment and care of mentally disordered persons.
(3) Notification of every such order shall be published in the Gazette.
Appointment of superintendents and assistant medical superintendents. 4. (1) The Governor may appoint any medical officer to be the medical superintendent or an assistant medical superintendent of a mental hospital.
(2) On the application of any registered medical practitioner not in the employment of Government, the Governor may appoint the registered medical practitioner to be the medical superintendent or an assistant medical superintendent of a mental hospital.
(3) Notification of every such appointment shall be published in the Gazette.
