Search results
The Mental disorders ordinance 1952 (no. 31 of 1952) as at 5th February 2001 /. Corporate Author: Legal Research Board. Published: Kuala Lumpur: International Law Book Services, 2001. Subjects: Insanity -- > Jurisprudence -- > Malaysia. Mental health -- > Laws -- > Malaysia. Holdings.
mentally disordered person ordinarily resides (or if the mentally disordered person is for the time being an inpatient in a psychiatric hospital, with whom he last ordinarily resided before he was admitted) , and with whom he has or had been ordinarily residing for a
(a) a person found under section 10 of the Mental Disorders Ordinance 1952 [Ord. 31 of 1952], to be of unsound mind and incapable of managing himself and his affairs;
The mental disorders ordinance 1952 [No. 31 of 1952] as at 5th february 2001 compiled by Legal Reseach Board. By: Malaysia. Material type: Text Publication details: Kuala Lumpur International Law Book Services 2001 ISBN: 9678911302. Contained works: Lembaga Penyelidikan Undang-Undang. Subject (s): Mental illness -- Law and legislation -- Malaysia.
Before Malaysia gained independence in 1957, the Lunatic Ordinance of Sabah 1951 was enacted by the British. That was followed by the Mental Disorders Ordinance of 1952 for Peninsular Malaysia. In 1961 (after independence) the Mental Health Ordinance Sarawak was passed (Haque, 2005).
Act 615 is yet to be enforced, and prior to the enforcement, Mental Disorders Ordinance 1952 [Ord. 31 of 1952], Mental Health Ordinance (Sarawak) 1961 [Sarawak Ord. 16 of 1961], Lunatics Ordinance (Sabah) 1951 [Sabah Cap 74] are still applicable
THE SECTION 52 ROUTE. Under section 52 of the Mental Health Act, one can apply to obtain a court order to have an inquiry into determining whether a person is incapable of managing himself and his affairs due to mental disorder. At the inquiry, the court makes its determination on this issue.
