(1)If a person is confined under section 249 or 252 in a psychiatric institution, prison or other suitable place of safe custody, 2 of the visitors of a psychiatric institution may, subject to subsection (2), visit the person to ascertain his or her state of mind.
Section history
Section 253 — Visiting of prisoners of unsound mind
As in force on 31 December 2021.
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(2)The person confined under section 249 or 252 must be visited at least once every 6 months and the visitors must make a special report to the Minister as to the person’s state of mind.