(1)If the principal officer and 2 visitors of the psychiatric institution in which a person is confined under section 249(2) or 252 certify that in his or her or their judgment the person may be discharged without danger of injuring himself or herself or any other person, the Minister may order the person to be discharged, detained in custody or in prison, or sent to a psychiatric institution if the person has not already been sent there.
Section history
Section 256 — Procedure when person of unsound mind is reported fit for discharge
As in force on 31 December 2021.
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(2)If the Minister orders the person to be sent to a psychiatric institution, the Minister may appoint a commission consisting of a Magistrate and 2 medical officers to make formal inquiry into the person’s state of mind, taking such evidence as is necessary, and to report to the Minister, who may order the discharge or detention of the person as the Minister thinks fit.