Section 13: Procedure following admission

13. Procedure following admission (1) Subject to subsection (3), the Superintendent shall, in respect of— (a) a security patient, within 48 hours of his admission; (b) a patient other than a voluntary patient, within 24 hours of his admission, forward to the Magistrate of the District where that patient ordinarily resides a copy of the admission report with a request for validation of the admission in the form specified in the Second Schedule. (2) The Superintendent shall, in respect of every patient, enter the name, date of birth and such other particulars as the Superintendent deems appropriate in a register kept for that purpose. (3) Subsection (1) shall not apply to— (a) a person ordered by a Court to be confined under section 74 or 115 of the Criminal Procedure Act; (b) a person discharged under section 12. (4) In this section “voluntary patient” means a patient who, in the opinion of the medical officer or psychiatrist examining him at a centre, requires treatment in a centre, is capable of giving consent and in fact gives his consent to his admission and treatment.