Section 9

Whenever a person detained under the provisions of this Act appears to the Minister, on the certificate of a registered medical practitioner, to be mentally disordered, the Minister may, by order in writing setting forth the grounds of belief that the person is mentally disordered, direct his removal to any mental hospital or other fit place of safe custody within Singapore, there to be kept and treated as the Minister directs until it appears to the Minister, on the certificate of a registered medical practitioner, that the person has ceased to be mentally disordered; and an order made under this subsection shall, notwithstanding the provisions of any written law to the contrary, be sufficient authority for the reception of that person to the mental hospital or other place mentioned in the order.

In this section, “registered medical practitioner” means a medical practitioner who is registered under any written law for the time being in force relating to the registration of medical practitioners.