Hong Kong Ordinances

MENTAL HEALTH ORDINANCE - SECT 59C

References to tribunals by Chief Executive

(Past version on 01/07/1997).
(Past version on 30/06/1997).

Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 60 of 2000 s. 3

(1) The Chief Executive may, if he thinks fit, at any time refer to the
tribunal the case of any patient to whom section 59B(1) applies. (Amended 81
of 1997 s. 46; 60 of 2000 s. 3)

(2) For the purpose of furnishing information to the tribunal for the purposes
of a reference under subsection (1), any registered medical  practitioner
authorized by or on behalf of the patient may, at any reasonable time, visit
the patient and examine him in private and require the production of and
inspect any records relating to the detention or treatment of the patient in
any hospital and relevant to the reference. (Part IVA added 46 of 1988 s. 23)