Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08
(2) Where. any order of discharge is made under sub-section (1 ) in respect 06 a person'swho hds been detained or is undergoing treatment as inpatient in pursuance of an, order of any authority, a copy of such order shall be immediately forwarded to that authority by the medical officer L I in ' charg&.I
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-, 41: Any p ~ ~ o n ? detainedi)inin a psychiatric hospital or psychiatric nursing hoine underan2bkder made in pursuance of an application made under this Act, shall be discharged on an application made in that behalf to the - medical officer in charge by the person on whose, application the order ' `1"` was Gade: I . ,
iProvidet.i that no person shall be discharged under this section if the medical &&cer in charge certifies i n writing that the person is dangerous and unfit to be at large. t . r . -
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Order of discharge on the undertak- `ing` of relatives or friends, etc., for due care `ef` mentally ill person.
(4) On tlfe date specjfied under sub-section (3), or on any subseque~.t~"dat.@;t& +Hich tb2 pr-o'ceedings may Ed $djdar'ri&i- the @8&3tz"ate sk&lT c6nsider-any obj,dction made by any person .td \SifiomL~6ti& `4 s` se&; oP `by` 'ady .oth'&r r'cl%ti$k of thk- merfkll'y., i41 pewon', h d Shh11" re?&iVb ail' 'suehrevid8nee BS -?nay be pl:oduced byf or `.tin` ' b e h a ~ & ~ ~ f a ad9 such person lor ieEatitjle and' after makilig su& - irrquiry a# the iWiai$dtfatt?=' may deem At, make or refrain from making the order of substitution:
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35. (1:)' Sab:ect :%a: the proitisions of this sektton t & .Mag=&thk mayj:; i 7 by order in writing (hereinafter referred to as the order of substitutipn), transfer the duties and responsibilities under' this Act, of the person- on `whose` application a reception order was made, -to any other person who is willing to undertake the same and such other person shall thereupn be deemed for the purposes of this Act ,to,be the person on whoseappli,. cation the reception order was mdde'and' ail +ferences in this Act to the latter person s$all be construed ,accordingly:, ..
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Provided that no such order of sibdtitution shall absolve the person upon whose application the reception order was mads or, if he is dead, his legal representatives, from any, liability incurred before the date of the order of substitution.
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.. , Offiwrs `36)` I# gpi~ljp:an& wiere a,@ommissioner of i~ollee~bastb~@~.ia&qF$ ; competent all f thgl~pbWkr@. and'$bneti~ns of the Magistrate. u n d e ~ se~tions. 23exercise and 211 may be exercised or discharged by the Commissioner of $??u~: powers and dis- and all the functions of an officer in charge of a police station under , this .,&t m~5~. .be: &t;p$prpRd `by` any ~ ~ l i c e ; osesr. not+ b810 W- the-rank of functions - , an Thapeoto~%, , , - . I r @f Mag* t , . , A , ' . < trate undef 1 Certab't, ' sections.
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i C m E R V L ' `~NSPECTION,- DISCHARGE, LEAVE O R ~ A ~ ~ E H ~ E ~` ANd) ~Wdv~fi ok rdck~kc~k' I L ~ , `PERSONS` ,l .., `1 PART I` I ) a , Inspection
Appoinb `37.` (1) State Governmqnt , , > . pr the Central Government, a2 t h ~ c y e ment of may @, shall'hpp~fit for evk!!, psychiatric liosp!ta& &ddkX+y. $$;~&iit~ Visitom nur sihk honid, k;d? 16sL'tW ' five Visitors, of whbrn at. leait bnk' p a l f, be `A` iedeaiicil officet, p'~@?r?b,l.~ q . pgybh'iatriit aiid two social wori~;~. , (2) The head of5 the Medical. Services. of , t@ Stak or hig npnjnee prefgd `9` f $ 2 'P$.cF"&f5i& Be an ex &%& w$tdi of the ,qgy$hik , tric k$@itdk Y , 8l.d '? gsyekiatibc nursing homes `id` the,~&g,
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(31, The qualifications of persons to be appointed asa Xisitotk mid&: sub;se~;tion (1) and the terms and conditions-of, their appbintrherlt shalilc bea such as may ;be prqso.sibed. : ,
Monthly Inspection `by` visitom.
38. Not less than three Visitors shall, at least once in every month, Monthly Inspection make a joint inspection of every part of the psychiatric hospital or `by` psychiatric nursing home in respe6t of which they have been appointed visitom. and examine every minor admitted ask a voluntary patient under section 17 and,,as far as circumstances will permit, every other mgntplly ill t , persbn admitt8d the~ein and tfie ol'der for the admission. of:and' the t * ~ :. t meaical certi~cat;& relating to, every mentally ill persoh admftted subseqhent to tfie joint inspection immediately preceding, and ;hall eaiter in a' ' `l k` book, kept for that purpose suqhc remarks as they deem ,i p r o p ~ a 6 ' i n `.,` 1,-1 regard t6 ,thd management add condition of such hbsGjt8P 9r n % h i ~ $ h6de and, - - 04' the inpati'ents thereof: . I ! - ~rovjded that the Visitors shall not be entitled to inspect any persoBa17 retards. of ant~inpatieilt which in the, opinion of) the fiedie&' ofither in:chmge'lare< cdnfid'en%i&l~'laturk: i fi , :i .: ; , . Provided further that if any of the visit& does not participate in the j,oint inspection of ,the psychiatric hospit~kb or pyekiaWcp h4.1rEiihg home ,in, ,.rsspect of twhiob he was appointed- ra ViBi:Com8on: t h &n&ow. tive months, he shall ceqse (-to holdt officeT ab suoh VisirDm.l , + , h * * , I - ' 3&.' (1) ?$od&th&andihg 'anything contained 'ini section 38, whq% a9ifi ;;:;: person is detained under the provisions of section 144 of the Air-'~orce Mbill 46 of 1950. Aqt, Ag50, pq .section, 145: of .the-Army A&, ,1950; orrseatiomJcl31 om&cHm prim&- ,:-: 46 of lg50. 1% {of, the Navy Act, `1957.` or. seeition, 380 or sectioza1; `335\` o f i ~ ~ e : ~ ~ d e ~ i ~ $ ~ r r T rt ~ , C~jminal Brbeedme, i l 9 1 8 , ~ I ): , , , r : , .' . : li: , ' `YJ` [ti i i ,:> : ,I., `LC!~,. L'X` detained in a jail; I (2j thk In~pector-Genera1 of apd Prlson&, wHeFe suyK Ap@-son ig ' I > \ -r:qrlr I (T;)' all or any threk of the Visitors inciuding at least ohe soiial - person is detained in a psychiatric hospital or* psychiiitric workeli appointed under sub-section (1) ofr sectioi? 3?, where- 'sucl? nursing tu. 1J 1: ' how?, I ,, - - x 1 , I ' I 11' 3:) 1 shdl'l on'ce in every three months, visit such pe~'sofi '&t the $lAce~ &fief% ' ! he is detained, in order tb* assem the state of mind. &''such pkrs&n' anJ@ make a) rkpoft. thereon to the aut~oriti und&r-'wfiose a f i k r ' - ~ i r ~ ~ $&?dhul , ( $ 1 . I is ,s'o> db%ained. I I , ' ' I . (2) The State Government may empower any of its officers to dischasge aLJ or any of the functibns of, the Insp&%or-Genlllsd~ ofiYPri$'ahs `under.` r sub-sectibn.. ( I ) r_ I `P O` , 4 d , ~ r > (3) The medical offi+r in charge of a p~ychiatr-ic-hospiDal~ oo ppyp&% tric pursing. , , , - home wbe~ein, a,np ,person refewed ta? in sub~seel$on -, (I;): ; dejpinbd,,;rhall snce in eygry sixmonths. rmake. a spe~ial 'report mg?rdingr. the niental and' physical condition of such `personrt~~.tlae,,aubho~itp` under,: wllose order such person is detained. ,I `(L` I . . > (k),~&er~ person who is detained in ,jail unden.4he proviaiqna 4. . vaSiays.,&tq pfvred,.Fp ,in ~yb-section . (1) shall, be visieed ,atrleqt; oneen, in .e;eik thf,e,e months by ;psyphiatrjst, OF, where a ppyehiatFistp.l% natj-.. available, by a ryd&pl ofjficer emp~w~ered -yl ths ,Sfrat* G~vemmqn$ .in7.)
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this behalf? and such psychiatrist or, as the case may be, such medical oBcer shaU,make a special report regarding the mental and physical con: dition of such person to the authority under whose order such person' , is detained. I
`PART` I1 ,, Discharge
40. ( I ) -Notwithstanding anything contained in Chapter IV, the medical officer in charge of a psychiatric hospital or psychiatric nursing home may, on t h i recommendation of two medical practitioners one of whom shali preferably b$ a psychiatrist, by order in writing, direct the discharge of a* person, other than a voluntary patient detained or undergoing treatined'therein as an inpatient, and such person shall thereupon be discharged from the psychiatric hospital or psychiatric nursing home:
Order of discharge by medical offlcer in chwg.
~rovided'thaf no order under this sub-section shall be made in resp,eet of a mentally ill prisoner otherwise than as provided in section 30,of the I Prisoners Act, 1900 or in any other relevant law. I ,
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Source: India Code