Hong Kong Ordinances

MENTAL HEALTH ORDINANCE - SECT 42A

Discharge of patient

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) Subject to section 42B a patient who is for the time being liable to be
detained shall cease to be so liable if there is made in accordance with this
section an order in writing discharging him from
detention (referred to as an "order for discharge" in this section and
section 42B, but subject to subsection (6) of that section). (Amended 81 of
1997 s. 30)

(2) An order for discharge may be made in respect of a patient-

   (a)  where the patient is liable to be detained in a mental  hospital, by
        the medical superintendent;

   (b)  (Repealed 81 of 1997 s. 30) (Added 46 of 1988 s. 14)