| Prisoners of unsound mind |
| Prisoners who are mentally disordered |
43.—(1) Whenever a prisoner undergoing a sentence of imprisonment appears to the Commissioner on the certificate of a registered medical practitioner to be mentally disordered, the Commissioner may, by order in writing, setting forth the grounds of belief that the prisoner is mentally disordered, direct his removal from any prison to any mental hospital or other fit place of safe custody within Singapore, there to be kept and treated as the Commissioner directs —
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