(1 ) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (2) when a person has Seen 01-dered to be detained in a Ce~zified Instiiution under section 4, seciien 5 0;- sect io~~ 6, the court which ordcrcd the detenrion shall forthwil'n forward him ro the nc'mst Recepiion Cetl~rc with a copy of thc order of detention. The person shall thcrzupon bc handed'over to the custody of the Suprintendcdt o l the Receplion Centre and shall be dctained in the Reception Centre until he is sent [here from to a Certifkd Institution.
(2) Whcn any such persor! has also been sentenced'Lo inlprjsonnlerit under sub-section (3) o f scclion 5, or section 17; the coui-t passing the scntcnce of irnprisonment shall forthwith forward a wan-ant to a j a i l in which he is to be confined and shall fonvard him LO such jail with thc warrant tosether wi tll a copy of the order of detention.
After the sentcncc of imprisonment is fully executed, the' officer executing i t shall, if detention in a Certified Institulion for any period remains to be undergone by such person, forward him forthwith together with a copy of rhc order of detention to the nearest- Reception Centre, and [he-reupon the provisions of sub-section ( 2 ) shall apply.
(3) In computing ihe period for which a person is ordered to bc detained in a Cerlificd lnslituiion thew shall be included thc period for which he is detained in a Reception Centre urrder this section.
23. ( I ) Where i r appebrs to the State Government that any beggar detained i n a Certified Institution under any order uf a coi~rt i s of unsound mind or i s a leper, the State Gdvernnient may by any orcler settir~g forth the grounds of belief that the beggar is of unsound mind or a leper order his removal to a mental hdspital or leper asylum or other place of safe custody, there to be kept and trested as Stale Government direcis during the remainder of the term for which he has been ordered to be detained or , i f on the expiration of that term i t is certified by a medica! officer tha~ it is necessary -for the suftLy of the beggar or of others that he shduld he furth=r detained under medical care or treatment, he shoi11d be detained until he is discl~;~rged according to law.
(2) Wherc i t appcars to thc ~ i n t c Govc~nmcnr that the beggar has ceased to bc of unsound mind, or is cured of leprosy, the State Governmenr shall, if he. i s no longer liable to be k c p ~ in custody, order him LO be discharged. In c;lsc the beggru- i s slill liable to be kept i n custody the Statc Governmen[ shall, by an order direc~ed to the person having charge of the bcggar, send hirn ro the Cc~*~ifictl Institution from which hc w:ls I-ernovcd.
1971 : Hary ann Act 33 PREVENTION QF BEGGARY 7 1 (31 The provisions of section 31 of the Indian Lunacy Act, 191 2, and the provisions of section 14 of the 1,cpers Act, 1898, shall " apply lo every I~cggar confined ir! a mental hospital or lcper zsylum under sub-section (1) after the expiration of the period for which he w;ls ordered to bc deoained ; and the time during which a beggar is conf'ined in ;a menial hospital or lcper asylum under that sub-section stiall be reckoned as part of the period for rbhich he may have becri or-dercld by the Court to be dctained :
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Provided [hat where :he removal of a beggar due to unsoundness of mind or leprosy is immecliateiy necessary, i t shall be open to the :wthorities oPrhe inshrutio~l in ivhicll the beggar is delaincd to apply to a court having jurisdiction under the Indian Lunacy Act, 1912, or the LRpers Act, 1895, as the case may be, for an immediate order of fiis committal to a mental hospital or a lcper asylum.