Mental Treatment Act, 1945

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Assistance by medical practitioner or resident medical superintendent in making visit to mental institution.

246.—(1) Where the Inspector of Mental Hospitals proposes to visit any mental institution, he may call in any registered medical practitioner residing within a reasonable distance of the institution to assist him in making the visit.

(2) Where the Inspector of Mental Hospitals proposes to visit any mental institution which is not a district mental hospital, or other institution maintained by a mental hospital authority, he m ay call in the resident medical superintendent of the nearest district mental hospital to assist him in making such visit.

(3) A registered medical practitioner who is directly or indirectly interested in a mental institution shall not be called in under this section to visit such institution.

(4) The Minister may pay to a resident medical superintendent or other medical practitioner assisting under this section in making a visit to a mental institution such sum for his services and expenses as may be prescribed.