Section 16. Where the guardian of a _

(2) Every voluntary patient admitted to a psychiatric hospital or .'ijSyt2Ii.jiitrj+ nuksliig klbme' skill be b~ufid ti> abide by such ~egdations fray be `by` the i'fi &ai.ge the l+@nsee ~f ifhe @sy&Bia$ric hospi=t&l `02` psychiatric aursing home. . - - a$,.., . (1 ) The .medtir& - ofioer in charge of a psychiatric hospital. `-of` psychiatric nursing home shall, on a request made in that behalf,(a) `by` any voluntary patient; and (b) by the guardian of the patient, if he is a minor mlu~~targt p&tiefity Biei charge af volutltdrjr patients. (b) by the guardian of the patient, if he is a minor mlu~~targt discharge, subject to the provisions of sub-section (3) and withh twenty-four hours of the receipt of such request, the patient from the psychiattkic h-osp1Bsl ,or pbphiatric nursing home. (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section `(1)` `OF` sub* section (2), where the medical officer in charge of a psychiatric hospital or psychiatric nursing home is satisfied that the discharge of a voluntary patient under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) will not be in the interest of such voluntary patient, he shall, within seventy-two hours. of the receipt of a request under sub-section (1) or, if no request under sub-section (2) has been made by the voluntary patient before the expiry of the pkr-i1b8 midtioned in that sub-section, within seventy-tw'b h6krs of such expiry constitute a Board consisting of two medical officers and s&lt it's 6Vini'bi-i 2s `fb` whether such volufitaYy patiest needs further treatment and if the Board is of the opiliion that BucFi v'oTWafji ptitient needs further treatment in the psychiatric hospital or psychiatric nursir; h'ome, the medical officer shall not discharge the voluniary Ijatient, but continue his treatment for a period not exceeding ninety da* at a time. , 'Mental ,fiealth kc 354 `S&D lot"` nient ally ill per-* `6,` c, p. urlder Application fm reception order, 16. Where the guardian of a W b Y considers such minor to be a men- tally ill person and desires to admit such minor in any psychiatric hospital or psychiatfic fidfSing homg fop tredmM@n't, lib may request the medical officer in charge for admitting such minor as a voluntary patient. Requwb `by` warI dian fer addB ~im i&. &?wwd: V-PjPp: ;+ to, vo1"rL tary patienh. .. 1% .. . - `.17.` , . . . (1) On receipt of a request under section 15 or secti6n 16, the . med.ioal officer i.n charge &all make such inquiry as he may de,em fit withina period nbt exceeding twenty-four hours @d if satisfied that the applicant or, as the c ~ s e may be, the minor requires treatment as a n '.. ., .. - -impaatient in t.he psychiatric hospitgl or psychiatric nursing ho&e,: he may fl$&kifi . su&h appiiearit . `or,` as the ~8%- be, m5ilnop `hs` a vol,m&ry - 1. pati&j++.t, (2) Where a minor voluntary patient who is admitted as an inpatiefit in any p~ychlatric hospital or psychiatric nursing home attains majont5.,, the medical officer in charge of such hospital or nursing home shall, ;;ls soon as may be, intimate the patient that he has attain~d rna@Tity atS;d that unless a request for his continuance as an inpatient is made `by` Hi% WitEB ki fkrio'd of ahe moBth of such intimation, ha `skdl` Be dis@barged, and Sf, before the expiry of the said period, no ~equesb i$ made f5' fhe i-i.ledica1 bfficer in charge for his oontinuanee as `an` fi@atfent,. shill, suw-kt to the provisions of su%sectian (3), be digehargedAn the e%'h?k$+ df ffi8 $did p'eeibd.