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Section 3

Subslihrted Tor the word "Provincial" by the Adap~a\ion of Laws Order, 1950.

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3. Subslihrted Tor the word "Provincial" by the Adap~a\ion of Laws Order, 1950. Lw tic immales, how ru bc dcal; with. Pending a reference made under sub-section (I), the inrna~e shall be detained in such manner, and with such restrictions or m mitigations as may be specified in the warrant order. (I) Wherc il appears to the '[State] Government that any person detained under any order is of t~nsound nlind, the '[Stztc] Govenlnle~lt may order his removal to a Iunatic asylum or other piace of safe custody within the 'LState], there to be kept and treated as the '[State] Government directs during the remainder of the term for which he has been ordered to be detained or, if on the expiration of fhzt term it is certified by E medical oF~ccr that it is necesshy for the safety of the inmate or others that he should be fiuther detaincd under medical care or treahmt, then until he is discharged according to law. (2), where it appears to the '[State] Government that an inmate so kept and treated has become of sound mind, the '[State] Guvenuncnt shall, by a wankt directed to the person having charge of the inmate, ifstill liable to be detained, remand him to the Borstal Institution fram which he was removed, or to another ~oAta1 Institution within the Z[State] or, if he is no longer liable to be detained, order him to be discharged. , The provisions of section 3 1 of the Indian Lunacy Act, 1 91 2, shall apply to every person confined in a lunatic asylum under sub-section (1) after the expiration of the term for which he was IV of ordered to be detained ; and the time during which an inmate is 1912confined in a lunatic asylum under that sub-section shall be reckoned as part of the term of detention which he may have been ordered to undergo. In any case in which a '[Slate] Government is competent under sub-section (I) to order the removal of an bats to a lunatic asylum or other placc of safe custodywithin the '[State], the '[State] Government may order his removal to any such asylum or place