This legislation has been repealed.
(1) If a patient has, pursuant to section 71, been absent from a hospital for a continuous period of not less than 28 days, the medical superintendent must inquire into the welfare and mental health of the patient with a view to determining whether the patient should be immediately discharged.
(2) A medical superintendent must discharge a patient following an inquiry under subsection (1) unless the medical superintendent is of the opinion that the further detention of the patient in the hospital is necessary.
(3) Nothing in this section affects section 74.