Section 37: Discharge of security patient
This section is inserted by Act No 2 of 2019, section 15.
consolidated text (as amended). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
37. Discharge of security patient
(1) Where the Commission is satisfied that a person who
is confined pursuant to an order under section 115 of the Criminal
Procedure Act –
(a) does no more represent any danger to himself or
to others; and
(b) is no more required to stay in a centre, it may
recommend that the patient be discharged.
(2) The Minister may, on the recommendation of the
Commission, approve, in writing, the discharge of the security
patient.
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Questions this section answers
- Can a security patient be discharged if they no longer pose a danger?