CHAPTER 305 - MENTAL DISORDERS ACT: SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION
INDEX TO SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION
[Section 39]
Arrangement of Regulations
Regulation
3. Hospitals, prison, etc., for observation
[Regulations by the Minister]
Act 50 of 1963,
GN 320 of 1950,
GN 58 of 1951,
GN 75 of 1951,
GN 424 of 1961,
SI 163 of 1965,
SI 316 of 1967.
These Regulations may be cited as the Mental Disorders Regulations.
The following mental hospitals or other places shall be institutions or places under section 2 of the Act for the reception, treatment, or detention of two or more persons suffering from any mental disorder or defect-
(a) Livingstone General Hospital;
(b) The Government Prison, Livingstone;
(c) Lewanika District Hospital, Mongu;
(d) Lusaka Mental Hospital;
(e) Ndola General Hospital;
(f) Matero Rehabilitation Hostel, Lusaka.
[Am by GN 424 of 1961; SI 163 of 1965, 316 of 1967.]
3. Hospitals, prison, etc., for observation
The following hospitals, prisons and places have been prescribed as suitable for observation under section 8 of the Act-
(a) all hospitals administered by the Government;
(b) the Central Prisons at Chipata, Kabwe, Kasama, Livingstone, Lusaka and Mongu; and
(c) all other prisons situated in places where a Government Medical Officer is stationed.
[Am by Act 50 of 1963.]
The following places have been prescribed under section 13 of the Act as places in which a control order may specify that a patient be detained-
(a) all hospitals administered by the Government; and
(b) all places declared to be prisons under section 3 of the Prisons Act.
[Am by GN 75 of 1951; Act 50 of 1963.]
The forms set out in Schedule have been prescribed for use under the appropriate sections of the Act.
[Regulation 5]
PRESCRIBED FORMS
MENTAL DISORDERS ACT
FORM 1
[Section 10]
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE
Part 1
(To be completed in all cases)
I, the undersigned .................................................................................................... (full names)being a registered medical practitioner residing at ..................................................................................................................................... do hereby certify that on the ............................... day of ............................................................................................ 20 ..........at ................................................................ I personally examined ............................................ .................................................................................................................................. (full names)
a* .............................................................................................................................................. of
..................................................................................................................................... (address)
and am of the opinion that ........................................................................................................ is
a mentally disordered or defective person within the meaning of the above Act, and as such requires care, treatment or control,** or is a mentally normal person.
Part II (To be completed only if in your opinion the said person is mentally disordered or defective)
1. The following are the facts observed by me on the occasion of the examination aforesaid, on which my opinion is based:
2. I make this further statement with respect to the said person"”
(a) The following facts, indicating mental disorder or defect on the part of the said person, have been observed by me on occasions other than the date of examination aforesaid (set out date or approximate date of observation and facts observed) ....................................................................
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(b) The following facts concerning the said person, indicating mental defect, have been communicated to me by (set out facts communicated by other persons, together with the names and addresses of such persons): ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
(c) In my opinion the said person may be properly classified as being mentally disordered or mentally infirm, or an idiot, or an imbecile, or feeble-minded, or a moral imbecile.
(d) In my opinion the factors which have caused the mental disorder or defect of the said person are the following:
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If dangerous, in what way? ....................................................................................................................
(f) The following treatment has been employed for the said person in respect of his mental condition
(describe treatment, if any): ....................................................................................................................
(g) The said person's present bodily health and condition are as follows (describe bodily condition, etc.,
with special reference to the presence or absence of communicable disease or recent injury): ...............
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Date .......................................................................................... ...........................................................
Signature
*Give tribe, chief, village and District, where appropriate. Strike out whichever is inapplicable.
THE MENTAL DISORDERS ACT
FORM 2
[Section 11]
ADJUDICATION ORDER
Upon reading the certificate of .............................................................................................. and
.................................................................................... medical practitioners, upon interrogating*
...................................................................................................... (hereinafter referred to as the
patient) of.......................................................................................................................................
and upon due consideration I am satisfied that the patient is mentally disordered or defective and"”
*(a) is not under proper care, treatment or control; or
*(b) is cruelly treated or neglected by any relative or other person having the care or charge of such patient: or
*(c) is of suicidal tendency or is in any way dangerous to himself or others; or
*(d) has committed or attempted to commit any crime or offence or has acted in a manner offensive to public decency; or
*(e) is an inebriate, that is to say, a person who habitually drinks to excess, or who habitually uses any narcotic to excess; or
*(f) the person having the care, treatment or control of the patient consents;
and I accordingly adjudge the said patient to be a mentally disordered or defective person.
Date ................................................................ ..................................................................
Magistrate
The Subordinate Court of ........................................
the Class holden at ...................................................
*Delete if inapplicable.
THE MENTAL DISORDERS ACT
FORM 3
[Section 13]
CONTROL ORDER
Whereas by an Adjudication Order made by the Magistrate .........................................................
Class sitting at ............................................... on the ......................................................... day of
......................................... 20.................. of ........................................................... was adjudged
to be a mentally disordered or defective person, I hereby order that the said ...............................be* ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Date ................................................................. .................................................................
Magistrate
The Subordinate Court of ....................................
the Class holden at..............................................
*Set out particulars of order under section 13(1)(a) or (b) of the Act.
THE MENTAL DISORDERS ACT
FORM 4
[Section 18]
REPORT ON ESTATE TO REGISTRAR
1. Full name of patient .....................................................................................................................
2. Date and place of adjudication ....................................................................................................
3. Address of patient immediately prior to adjudication. ........................................................................................................................................................................................................
4. Names of dependants, if any ......................................................................................................
5. Profession, trade or other occupation of patient: (If in partnership, give the name of the firm
and the names of the other partners where known) ..................................................................
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6. Absolute property owned by patient in Zambia:
(a) Cash in hand .....................................................................................................................
(b) Cash at bank, including Post Office Savings Bank: (Show each bank separately if more
than one, and state branch) ..............................................................................................
(c) Insurance policies: (State Company) ................................................................................
(d) Furniture and personal effects: (Give estimated total value, and show separately any
especially valuable item, e.g., jewellery) ............................................................................
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(e) Securities: (Give holdings in different companies separately, if possible) ........................
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(f) Freehold property ...............................................................................................................
(g) Leasehold property ............................................................................................................
(h) Livestock. ...........................................................................................................................
(i) Crops .................................................................................................................................
(j) Motor vehicles or tractors (except where stock-in-trade of a dealer) ...............................
(k) Stock-in-trade if in business on own account ...................................................................
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(l) Share in any partnership: (Give partnership separately if more than one) ........................
(m) Share in any co-operative society or building society .......................................................
(n) Pension or annuity .............................................................................................................
(o) Salary or wages (if continuing after adjudication) .............................................................
(p) Debts owed to the patient .................................................................................................
(q) Any other absolute property .............................................................................................
7. Absolute property owned by the patient outside Zambia: (Itemise separately as in 6 above)
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8. Life interests in property enjoyed by the patient ........................................................................
9. Reversionary interests in property owned by the patient ..........................................................
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10. Property held on trust for any other person .............................................................................
11. Approximate total capital value of estate .................................................................................
12. Approximate present income of patient ...................................................................................
13. Patient's liabilities:
(a) Continuing:
(i) Rent ..........................................................................................................................
(ii) Rates ........................................................................................................................
(iii) Wages to staff ..........................................................................................................
(iv) Insurance premiums deed .......................................................................................
(v) Sums payable as maintenance or alimony under any order of court or separation
(vi) Any other continuing commitment..............
(b) Debts (other than further payments on continuing commitments) ................................
14. Temporary arrangements, if any, which have been made for maintenance of the property ...
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15. Name of person who intends to apply for appointment as:
(a) Committee of the Estate: or
(b) Receiver of Income. .........................................................................................................
(If no such applicant known, name of anyone suggested for such appointment).
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THE MENTAL DISORDERS ACT
FORM 5
[Section 20]
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF SANITY
I .......................................................................................................... (full name in block capitals)
of ................................................................................................................................... (address),
a registered medical practitioner, hereby certify that I have this day personally examined ...........
.......................................... and after due inquiry into all the necessary facts relating to his case I
certify that he is now of sufficiently sound mind to be a proper person to be discharged from the adjudication order to which he is subject.
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MENTAL DISORDERS ACT
FORM 6
[Section 20]
ORDER OF DISCHARGE
To the Superintendent:
WHEREAS ......................................................................................... (hereinafter called the patient)
Of ............................................................................................................ has been adjudged to be a
mentally disordered or defective person, and by a control order dated the ........................... day of
.............................................. 19 ........ ordered to be ..........................................................................
AND WHEREAS two medical practitioners have each issued a Certificate of Sanity in the prescribed form in respect of the patient.
NOW THEREFORE I grant the patient this Order of Discharge and direct you to discharge him from your control.
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MENTAL DISORDERS ACT
FORM 7
[Section 21]
CONDITIONAL RELEASE PERMIT
WHEREAS .................................................................................... (hereinafter called the patient)
was on the ..................................... day of ....................................... 19 ........... adjudged to be a
mentally disordered or defective person.
AND WHEREAS after due consideration of the evidence before me I am satisfied that"”
(a) it is in the best interest of the patient so to do; and
(b) there is no likelihood of danger to the public.
NOW THEREFORE I grant to the patient permission to be at large on trial for the period of.........
months from the date hereof.
It shall be a condition of this Permit that the patient shall report to the ...........................................
Magistrate at intervals of ............................................................................................ The following
conditions shall also be observed by the patient:
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NOTE.-One copy hereof to be given to the patient and one copy to be sent to the Magistrate to whom the patient is to report.
MENTAL DISORDERS ACT
FORM 8
[Section 22(6)]
CERTIFICATE OF DISCHARGE
I ................................................................................................................................ Superintendent of
..................................................................................................................... (institution) hereby certify
that ................................................................................................................................... (patient) not
being a criminal patient, is fit to be discharged, and in accordance with the powers vested in me by the law of the country in which the above-named institution is situate, I hereby discharge him.
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Copy to be sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions, Lusaka, and the District Secretary, Livingstone.
[Am by SI 163 of 1965.]
MENTAL DISORDERS ACT
FORM 9
[Section 22(6)]
ORDER OF DISCHARGE
WHEREAS .................................................................................................... (hereinafter called the
patient) of ................................................................................ has been adjudged to be a mentally
disordered or defective person, and by a control order dated the ............................................. day
of ........................................................................................................................................ 19 ..........
ordered to be .....................................................................................................................................
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AND WHEREAS the patient was removed from Zambia by virtue of a warrant issued under section 14 of the Mental Disorders Act.
AND WHEREAS I am satisfied that the patient is a person to whom the provisions of section 22 of such Act apply and there having been produced to me a certificate of discharge in respect of the patient:
I hereby grant the patient this order of discharge.
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NOTE.-The patient shall be furnished with a certified copy of this order.
(Copy to be sent to the Director of Medical Services.)
[Am by GN 58 of 1951.]
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