In forceAmended1985 Revised EditionCurrent version · 1985 Revised EditionSee versions on Singapore Statutes Online(opens the publisher’s site)
31. Admission for treatment
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Last amended by an amending law of 1973.
(1)
A person may be admitted to a mental hospital and there detained for treatment in accordance with the provisions of this Act for the period allowed by the provisions of this Act.
treatment
Defined · s 2
“treatment” includes observation, inpatient treatment, outpatient treatment and rehabilitation.
(2)
Nothing in this Act shall be construed as preventing a person who requires treatment for any mental disorder from being admitted to a mental hospital without any order or directive rendering him liable to be detained at a mental hospital or from remaining in a mental hospital after he has ceased to be so liable to be detained.