In forceAmended1985 Revised EditionCurrent version · 1985 Revised EditionSee versions on Singapore Statutes Online(opens the publisher’s site)
34. Person of unsound mind may be referred to mental hospital
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Last amended by an amending law of 1973.
Where a registered medical practitioner has under his care a person believed to be of unsound mind or to require psychiatric treatment, he may send the person to a medical officer at a mental hospital for treatment and the medical officer may thereafter act in accordance with section 35.
registered medical practitioner
Defined · s 2
“registered medical practitioner” means any person who is registered as a medical practitioner under the provisions of any written law relating to the registration of medical practitioners;