A request for leave of absence from a mental health establishment and for taking into protection of a prisoner with mental illness found to be absent from a mental health establishment without leave or discharge by a Police Officer shall be made by the person specified in column (2) of the Table below and for the purpose specified in corresponding entry in column (3), in the Form specified in the corresponding entry in column (4), namely:-:
Table S.No. Request to be made by Purpose of Request Form
(1) (2) (3) (4)
(i) nominated representative of the person with mental illness admitted in a mental health establishment grant of leave to such person Form-I
(ii) medical officer or mental health professional in-charge of such request for taking into protection by a Police Officer of a prisoner with mental Form-J ¹Hkkx IIµ[k.M 3(i)º Hkkjr dk jkti=k % vlk/kj.k 23 mental health establishment illness found to be absent from a mental health establishment without leave or discharge
CHAPTER – IV PRISONERS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS