Singapore legislation
Clause 28
Clause 28
Order for payment of cost of maintenance
(1)
Where any person has been received into a psychiatric institution in accordance with section 310 or 315 of the Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 68) or section 43 of the Prisons Act (Cap. 247), the court —
on the application of the principal officer of the psychiatric institution, shall make an order for the payment of the cost of maintenance of the person in the psychiatric institution; and
may direct that any sum of money payable under that order shall be recovered from the estate of the person, or of any person legally bound to maintain him.
(2)
If at any time it appears to the satisfaction of the court that the person referred to in subsection (1) has no sufficient property and that no person legally bound to maintain the person has sufficient means for the payment of such cost, the court shall so certify instead of making an order under that subsection for the payment of the cost.
(3)
An order under subsection (1) shall be enforced in the same manner and shall be of the same force and effect and subject to the same appeal as a judgment or order made by the court in a suit in respect of the property or person therein mentioned.