(1) The Medical Director may, if he considers it to be in the best interest of the patient, allow an involuntary patient to be absent for a period of not more than one month, subject to
such conditions as the Medical Director considers appropriate, from the psychiatric hospital into which he is admitted.
(2) The Medical Director may extend the period of absence by further leave not exceeding one month in the absence of the patient.
(3) If it appears to the Medical Director that it is necessary to do so in the interest of the patient’s health or safety or for the protection of other persons, or if the patient is in breach of any condition imposed under subsection (1), he may revoke the leave of absence allowed to an involuntary patient and require the patient to return to the psychiatric hospital.
Malay text (authoritative)
Kebenaran bercuti
(1) Pengarah Perubatan boleh, jika dia berpendapat bahawa itu adalah demi kepentingan pesakit itu, membenarkan seseorang pesakit tidak sukarela bercuti selama suatu tempoh yang tidak melebihi satu bulan, tertakluk kepada apa-apa syarat yang difikirkan sesuai oleh Pengarah Perubatan, dari hospital psikiatri tempat dia dimasukkan.
(2) Pengarah Perubatan boleh melanjutkan tempoh cuti itu dengan kebenaran lanjut yang tidak melebihi satu bulan tanpa kehadiran pesakit itu.
(3) Jika didapati oleh Pengarah Perubatan perlu berbuat demikian demi kepentingan kesihatan atau keselamatan pesakit atau bagi pelindungan orang lain, atau jika pesakit itu melanggar mana-mana syarat yang dikenakan di bawah subseksyen (1), dia boleh membatalkan kebenaran bercuti yang diberikan kepada seseorang pesakit tidak sukarela dan menghendaki pesakit itu kembali ke hospital psikiatri.
Text as at 1 January 2006 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.
Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).
