This legislation has been repealed.
If the medical superintendent decides under section 18 (b) to take action to detain an informal patient in the hospital under Part 2, the patient:
(a) must be dealt with as if the patient has been admitted to and detained in the hospital under section 21, and
(b) must be examined under section 29 not later than 12 hours after the medical superintendent decides to take action to detain the patient.