(3) The Registrar of the High Court shall send three copies of any order made or direction given by a judge
under subsection (1) to the Attorney-General, who shall send one copy to the person who has custody of the
patient and one to the Secretary.
19 Secretary may order patient’s removal to institution or other place
(1) The Secretary may, at any time after—
(a) a magistrate has issued a reception order for the detention of a mentally disordered or intellectually
handicapped person; or
(b) the High Court has declared a person to be mentally disordered or intellectually handicapped;
by warrant, order the removal of the patient from the institution or place where he is detained to another institution
or place, there to be detained until discharged under this Act or transferred to some other place, and the patient
shall be so removed and detained in accordance with the terms of the warrant:
Provided that the Secretary shall not order such a patient to be transferred to a prison or a special institution.
(2) Where the Secretary issues a warrant in terms of subsection (1) in respect of a person referred to in
paragraph (a) of that subsection before the High Court has declared him to be mentally disordered or intellectually
handicapped, the Secretary shall cause notice of the warrant to be sent to the Attorney-General.
20 Particulars to be contained in medical certificates
A person who gives a medical certificate shall, in addition to the facts indicating mental disorder or
intellectual handicap which he observed in the patient immediately before giving the certificate, state in the
certificate, so far as he is able—
(a) any further facts indicative of mental disorder or intellectual handicap in the patient which he observed
on any other occasion, and the date of that occasion; and
(b) any facts communicated to him by others which indicate mental disorder or intellectual handicap in the
patient, and the names and addresses of the persons who communicated those facts; and
(c) what, in his opinion, are the factors which have caused the patient’s mental disorder or intellectual
handicap; and
(d) whether, in his opinion, the patient is suicidal or in any way dangerous to himself or to others; and
(e) what treatment, if any, the patient has received in respect of his mental condition; and
(f) what is the patient’s physical health and condition, with special reference to the presence or absence of
any communicable disease and any recent injury; and
(g) the reasons why he considers it necessary, in the interests of the patient’s health and safety or for the
protection of other persons, that the patient should be detained in an institution; and
(h) whether other methods of dealing with the patient are available and, if so, why they are not appropriate;
and
(i) in the case of a patient whom he believes to be suffering from a psychopathic disorder—
(i) the patient’s conduct or behaviour which causes him to believe that the patient is suffering
from a psychopathic disorder; and
(ii) the sources from which he has gained his knowledge of the patient’s conduct or
behaviour; and
(iii) if the patient has attained the age of eighteen years, the grounds on which it is believed
that the disorder or mental handicap has existed in the patient since before he was
eighteen years old.
21 Persons ineligible to sign medical certificates
(1) Except in the case of an urgency application, a magistrate shall not accept a medical certificate for the
purposes of this Part if it has been signed by—
(a) the applicant for a reception order; or
(b) a medical or other officer of any private institution into which the reception order, if issued, would
authorize the patient to be received; or
(c) the householder of any dwelling-house into which the reception order, if issued, would authorize the
patient to be received as a patient in single care; or
(d) any person who has an interest in any payments to be received on account of the patient; or
(e) a close relative, partner, principal or assistant of the patient or the guardian or trustee of the patient or of
any other person mentioned in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d); or
(f) the Secretary or a member of the Mental Health Review Tribunal, a mental hospital board or a special
board.
(2) A medical certificate shall not be accepted under this Part if it has been signed by a close relative, partner,
principal or assistant of any other medical practitioner or other person who has given a medical certificate in
respect of the same application.
(3) A medical certificate shall contain a statement from the medical practitioner or other person signing it—
(a) that he is not prohibited by this Act from signing the certificate; and