(1) Where it appears to the State Government or any person authorised by the State Government in this behalf that any person detained in a Certified Institution under this Act is a lepeer, or of unsound mind, the State Government, or the person so authorised as the case may be, may order the removal of that person to a leper asylum or a mental hospital or other place of safe custody.
(2) Subject to the provision of the Lepers Act, 1898 and the Indian Lunacy Act, 1912 no such person as aforesaid shall be detained in a leper asylum or mental hospital or other place, as the case may be for a term inclusive of the period of detention undergone in a Certified Institution, which would exceed the total period for which he has been ordered to be detained in a Certified Institution under section 10 or section 12.
(3) Where it appears to the State Government or any person authorised by it in this behalf that the person has ceased to be of unsound mind or is cured of leprosy, the State Government or such other person shall by order direct him to be sent back to the Certified Institution, if still liable to be detained and shall otherwise direct him to be discharged.
(4) Subject to the provisions of this section where the removal of a beggar due to unsoundness of mind or leprosy is immediately necessary, it shall be open to the Superintendent of a Certified Institution to proceed in the prescribed manner until such time as the order of the State Government or any other person authorised in that behalf can be obtained, as aforesaid