This legislation has been repealed.
(1) A person taken to and detained in a hospital under this Division must be examined, as soon as practicable (but not more than 12 hours) after the person's arrival at the hospital, by the medical superintendent.
(2) A person must not be detained (except as provided by section 37 or 37A) after the examination unless the medical superintendent certifies that, in the opinion of the medical superintendent, the person is a mentally ill person or a mentally disordered person.
(3) A medical practitioner on whose certificate or request a person has been admitted to a hospital must not examine the person for the purposes of this section.