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Mental Health Act, 1987 Part II

Title: Reception Orders

State: Central

Year: 1987

.....practitioner in theservice of Government. Section 21 - Form and contents of medical certificates Every medical certificate referred to in sub-section (6) of section 20 shall contain a statement,-- (a) that each of the medical practitioners referred to in that sub-section has independently examined the alleged mentally ill person and has formed his opinion on the basis of his own observations and from the particulars communicated to him; and (b) that in the opinion of each such medical practitioner the alleged mentally ill person is suffering from mental disorder of such a nature and degree as to warrant the detention of such person in a psychiatric hospital or psychiatric nursing home and that such detention is necessary in the interests of the health and personal safety of that person or for the protection of others. Section 22 - Procedure upon application for reception order (1) On receipt of an application under sub-section (2) of section 20, the Magistrate may make a reception order, if he is satisfied that-- (i) the mentally ill person is suffering from mental disorder of such a nature and degree that it is necessary todetain him in a psychiatric hospital or.....

Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 Section 356I

Title: Oil Reception Facilities at Ports in India

State: Central

Year: 1958

.....or arrange for the provision of such1[ reception facilities] as may be specified in the order. (4) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify the ports in India having1[ reception facilities] in accordance with the requirements of the Convention. Explanation.-- For the purpose of this section, "port authority" means, -- (a) in relation to any major port, the Board of Trustees in respect of that port constituted under any law for the time being in force. (b) in relation to any other port, the Conservator of the Port, within the meaning of section 7 of the Indian Ports Act, 1908. ________________________ 1. Substituted for "oil reception facilities" by the Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 2003.

Mental Health Act, 1987 Section 35

Title: Power to Appoint Substitute for Person Upon Whose Application Reception Order Has Been Made

State: Central

Year: 1987

.....whose application the reception order was made is dead and any other person is willing and is, in the opinion of the Magistrate, fit to undertake the duties and responsibilities under this Act of the former person, the Magistrate shall, subject to the provisions contained in the proviso to sub-section (1), make an order to that effect. (5) In making any substitution order under this section, the Magistrate shall give preference to the person who is the nearest relative of the mentally ill person, unless, for reasons to be recorded in writing the Magistrate considers that giving such preference will not be in the interests of the mentally ill person. (6) The Magistrate may make such order for the payment or the costs of an inquiry under the section by any person or from out of the estate of the mentally ill person as he thinks fit. (7) Any notice under sub-section (2) may be sent by post to thelast known address of the person for whom it is intended.

Mental Health Act, 1987 Section 22

Title: Procedure Upon Application for Reception Order

State: Central

Year: 1987

.....would not be adequate in the circumstances of the case and it is necessary to make a reception order. (2) On receipt of an application under sub-section (3) of section 20, the Magistrate shall consider the statements made in the application and the evidence of mental illness as disclosed by the medical certificates. (3) It the Magistrate considers that there are sufficient grounds for preceding further, he shall personally examine the alleged mentally ill person unless, for reasons to be recorded in writing, he thinks that it is not necessary or expedient to do so. (4) If the Magistrate is satisfied that a reception order may properly be made forthwith, he may make such order, and if the Magistrate is not so satisfied, he shall fix a date for further consideration of the application and may make such inquiries concerning the alleged mentally ill person as he thinks fit. (5) The notice of the date fixed under sub-section (4) shall be given to the applicant and to any other person to whom, in the opinion of the Magistrate, such notice shall be given. (6) If the Magistrate fixes a date under sub-section (4) for further consideration of the application, he may make such.....

Mental Health Act, 1987 Section 20

Title: Application for Reception Order

State: Central

Year: 1987

.....application shall conlain the reasons for the application not being made by the husband or wife and shall indicate the relationship of the applicant with the alleged mentally ill person and the circumstances under which the application is being made. (5) No person,-- (i) who is a minor, or (ii) who, within fourteen days before the date of the application, has not seen the alleged mentally ill person, shall make an application under this section. (6) Every application under sub-section (3) shall be made in the prescribed form and shall be signed and verified in the prescribed manner and shall state whether any previous application had been made for inquiry into the mental condition of the alleged mentally ill person and shall be accompanied by two medical certificates from two medical practitioners of whom one shall be a medical practitioner in theservice of Government.

Mental Health Act, 1987 Section 31

Title: Authority for Reception Order

State: Central

Year: 1987

.....hospital or psychiatric nursing home to which he may be removed in accordance with the provisions of this Act, any the medical officer in charge shall be bound to comply with such order: Provided that in any case where the medical officer in charge finds accommodation in the psychiatric hospital or psychiatric nursing home inadequate, he shall, after according admission, intimate that fact to the Magistrate or the District Court which passed the order and there-upon the Magistrate or the District Court, as the case may be, shall pass such order as he or it may deem fit: Provided further that every reception order shall cease to have effect-- (a) on the expiry of thirty days from the date on which it was made, unless within that period, the mentally ill person has been admitted to the place mentioned therein, and (b) on the discharge, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, of the mentally ill person.

Inland Vessels Act, 1917 Section 54F

Title: Reception Facilities at Inland Port, Etc.

State: Central

Year: 1917

.....by notification in the Official Gazette, by the State Government in respect of the inland port, cargo or passenger terminal. (3) For the purposes of minimizing the pollution already caused, or for preventing the pollution threatened to be caused, the State Government may direct, by order in writing, the owner or operator of an inland port, at cargo or passenger terminal to provide or arrange for the provision of such pollution containment equipments and pollutant removing materials at such inland port, cargo and passenger terminal as may be specified in the order.] _____________________________ 1. Inserted by the Inland Vessels (Amendment) Act, 2007 [Act No. 35 of 2007].

Mental Health Act, 1987 Section 32

Title: Copy of Reception Order to Be Sent to Medical Officer In-charge

State: Central

Year: 1987

Every Magistrate or District Court making a reception order shall forthwith send a certified copy (hereof together with copies of the requisite medical certificates and the statement of particulars to the medical officer in charge of the psychiatric hospital or psychiatric nursing home to which the mentally ill person Is to be admitted.

Mental Health Act, 1987 Section 33

Title: Restriction as to Psychiatric Hospitals; and Psychiatric Nursing Homes into Which Reception Order May Direct Admission

State: Central

Year: 1987

No Magistrate or District Court shall pass a reception order for the admission as an inpatient to, or for the detention of any mentally ill person in, any psychiatric hospital or psychiatric nursing home outside the State in which the Magistrate or the District Court exercises jurisdiction: Provided that an order for admission or detention into or in a psychiatric hospital or psychiatric nursing home situated in any other State may by passed if the State Government has, by general or special order and after obtaining the consent of the Government of such other State, authorised the Magistrate or the District Court in that behalf.

Lunacy Act, 1912 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1912

.....CASE OF A EUROPEAN LUNATIC SOLDIER, SAILOR OR AIRMAN. When any European who is subject to the provisions of the 21Army Act,22[the Naval Discipline Act or that Act as modified by the Indian Navy (Discipline) Act, 1934],23[the Air Force Act or the5Indian Air Force Act, 1932] has been declared a lunatic in accordance with the provisions of the military,22[naval]24[or air force] regulations in force for the time being, and it appears to any administrative medical officer that he should be removed to an asylum, such administrative medical officer may, if he thinks fit, make a reception order under his hand for the admission of the said lunatic into any asylum which has been duly authorised20for the purpose by the Central Government. SECTION 13: POWER AND DUTIES OF POLICE IN RESPECT OF WANDERING OR DANGEROUS LUNATICS AND LUNATICS CRUELLY TREATED OF NOT UNDER PROPER CARE AND CONTROL (1) Every officer in charge of a police-station may arrest or cause to be arrested all persons found wandering at large within the limits of his station whom he has reason to believe to be lunatics, and shall arrest or cause to be arrested all persons within the limits of his station whom he has reason to.....