Clause 7

by deleting the expression “subsection (5) of section 34” appearing in the fourth line of subsection (1) thereof and substituting therefor the expression “subsection (3) of section 35”;

by deleting the words “reception order” appearing in the third line of subsection (2) thereof and substituting therefor the expression “detention orders made under subsection (3) of section 35 of this Act”; and

by inserting immediately after subsection (2) thereof the following new subsection: —“(3) Where a patient has been detained at a mental hospital pursuant to an order made by a Magistrate under this section and the visitors of the mental hospital, upon being satisfied by the report of the medical superintendent by personal inspection that such patient should be further detained at the mental hospital for care and treatment, may make a further application or applications to a Magistrate for an order of detention and the provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to such an application or applications.”.