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l\lrdica l ex aminatio n and det cnr lon of leprosy patients and lunat ics. (I ) Whe re it appea rs to the State Government that an y beggar de tained in a certified institution under anv o rder o f a court is of uns ound mind or suffers from an y commun ica ble di sease s li ke leprosy, tube rculosis, venereal disease etc . the State Governme nt may. by an order setti ng forth the grou nds of helief that the begga r is of unsound mind or suffers from leprosy, tuberculosis, venereal disease, etc.. order his removal to a Mental Hosp ital or a Leper Asylum or other place of safe custod y there to be kept and treated as the State Government dir ects during the remainder of the term for which he has been ordered to be detained or if, on the ex piration of that te rm it is necessary fo r the safety of the beggar or of others that he should be further detained under medical care o r treatm ent, then until he is disc harged accordi ng to law. (2) Where it appears to thc Sta te Government th at the begga r has ceased to be of unsound mind , or is cured of leprosy, tu berc ulosis, veneral di seases erc. , the St are Govcrnmcnt shall by a n orde r direct the person having charge of th e beggar, if still liable to bc kcpt in custody, send him to the ce rtified institution from which he was remov- ed or to any other institution as the State Governm ent may decide ; or if the beggar is 11 0 longer liable to be kept in custody orde r him to be discharged. • (3) Subject to thc prov isions of sub-S. (2) thc provisions of S. 31 of th e Indian Lunacy A CI, 191 2 (Act IV of 191 2) or of S. 14 of thc Lepers Act, 1898 (A ct III of 1898), shall a pply to every beggar confined in a Ment al Hospital or Lepcr Asylu m under sub-S. ( I) after thc expiration of the period for which he was ordered to be de tai ned : a nd the time during which a hcggar is confined in a Mental Hospital or Leper Asylum undcr that sub-sectio n sha ll be reckoncd as part of thc pe riod for which he may have bccn ordcrcd by the court to be detained ; Provided that where the removal of a beggar d ue to unsoundness of mind or leprosy is immcdiatcly necessary, it shall be o pcn to the a utho ri ties of thc institut ion in which the beggar is de tained to apply to a court having j urisdictio n undcr the Indian Lunacy Act, 19J2 (A ct IV of 19 12), or the Lepers Act , 1898 (Ac t III of 1898), as the ca se may be, for a n immediate order of com mittal to a Mental Hospital or a Leper Asylum until such tim e as thc ord ers of th e State Government can be obtaine d in the matter. S. 27J A SSAM P kEVE NTION OF DLGG ING ACT, 1964 339 /