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Mental Health Act 2001 s 53

Mental Health Act 2001 s 53

s 53 Notice of inquiry

(1) The Court shall give reasonable notice to the person alleged to be mentally disordered and the applicant of the time and place fixed for the inquiry. (2) Where it appears to the Court that the person alleged to be mentally disordered is in such a state that personal service on him of the notice would be ineffectual, the Court may, for the purpose of bringing the person to the inquiry, direct that the service of the notice be made on the person having charge of him or on any adult person or the owner or occupier of the premises wherein the mentally disordered person lives.

Malay text (authoritative)

Notis siasatan

(1) Mahkamah hendaklah memberikan notis yang munasabah kepada orang yang dikatakan bercelaru mental dan pemohon itu tentang masa dan tempat yang ditetapkan untuk siasatan itu. (2) Jika mahkamah mendapati bahawa orang yang dikatakan bercelaru mental itu berada dalam keadaan yang sebegitu rupa sehinggakan penyampaian notis itu ke dirinya tidak akan berkesan, Mahkamah boleh bagi tujuan membawa orang itu ke siasatan itu, mengarahkan supaya penyampaian notis itu dibuat kepada orang yang bertanggungjawab ke atasnya atau kepada mana-mana orang dewasa atau tuan punya atau penghuni premis tempat orang yang bercelaru mental itu tinggal.

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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).

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