THE Prison (Amendment) Bill 2003 was passed enabling the treatment, supervision and care of mentally disturbed prisoners to be carried out in accordance with the Mental Health Act 2001.
In tabling the Bill, Deputy Home Minister Datuk Chor Chee Heung said the amendment was only limited to prisoners suffering from mental disorder. He said that under Section 36 of the Act, the word “mental” would be replaced with psychiatry.
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