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Formal Consolidation |  2000 RevEd
Illness of prisoner
45.—(1)  In case of serious illness of a prisoner (other than a prisoner referred to in subsection (2)) confined in a prison in which there is no suitable accommodation for the prisoner, any Superintendent may, on the certificate of a medical officer, make an order for his removal to a Government hospital.
(2)  Where a prisoner confined in a prison appears to the Minister on the certificate of a registered medical practitioner to be suffering from leprosy, the Minister may, by order in writing, direct his removal to any hospital or place specified by the Director of Medical Services under section 8(2) of the Infectious Diseases Act (Cap. 137), there to be kept and treated until cured of his leprosy.
(3)  So long as any prisoner who has been removed to any hospital or place under subsection (2) shall remain therein, the medical officer thereof shall, at the end of every month, transmit to the Superintendent of the prison a certificate signed by him that it is in his opinion necessary that the prisoner should remain in the hospital or place.
(4)  In this section, “Government hospital” includes any hospital which the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, declare to be a hospital for the purposes of this section.
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Informal Consolidation | Amended Act 33 of 2004
Illness of prisoner
45.—(1)  In case of illness of a prisoner (other than a prisoner referred to in subsection (2)) confined in a prison in which there is no suitable accommodation for the prisoner, any Superintendent may, on the certificate of a medical officer, make an order for his removal to a hospital.
(2)  Where a prisoner confined in a prison appears to the Minister on the certificate of a registered medical practitioner to be suffering from leprosy, the Minister may, by order in writing, direct his removal to any hospital or place specified by the Director of Medical Services under section 8(1) of the Infectious Diseases Act (Cap. 137), there to be kept and treated until cured of his leprosy.
(3)  So long as any prisoner who has been removed to any hospital or place under subsection (2) shall remain therein, the medical officer thereof shall, at the end of every month, transmit to the Superintendent of the prison a certificate signed by him that it is in his opinion necessary that the prisoner should remain in the hospital or place.
(4)  [Deleted by Act 26/2001 wef 01/09/2001]