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( I ) Where ir appebrs to the State Government that any beggar detained in a Certified Institution under any order uf a coi~rt i s of unsound mind or i s a leper, the State Gdvernnient may by any orcler settir~g forth the grounds of belief that the beggar is of unsound mind or a leper order his removal to a mental hdspital or leper asylum or other place of safe custody, there to be kept and trested as Stale Government direcis during the remainder of the term for which he has been ordered to be detained or ,if on the expiration of that term it is certified by a medica! officer tha~ it is necessary -for the suftLy of the beggar or of others that he shduld he furth=r detained under medical care or treatment, he shoi11d be detained until he is discl~;~rged according to law. (2) Wherc i t appcars to thc ~ i n t c Govc~nmcnr that the beggar has ceased to bc of unsound mind, or is cured of leprosy, the State Governmenr shall, if he. is no longer liable to be k c p ~ in custody, order him LO be discharged. In c;lsc the beggru- is slill liable to be kept i n custody the Statc Governmen[ shall, by an order direc~ed to the person having charge of the bcggar, send hirn ro the Cc~*~ifictl Institution from which hc w:ls I-ernovcd. 1971 : Hary ann Act 33 PREVENTION QF BEGGARY 7 1 (31 The provisions of section 31 of the Indian Lunacy Act, 191 2, and the provisions of section 14 of the 1,cpers Act, 1898, shall " apply lo every I~cggar confined ir! a mental hospital or lcper zsylum under sub-section (1) after the expiration of the period for which he w;ls ordered to bc deoained ; and the time during which a beggar is conf'ined in ;a menial hospital or lcper asylum under that sub-section stiall be reckoned as part of the period for rbhich he may have becri or-dercld by the Court to be dctained : L Provided [hat where :he removal of a beggar due to unsoundness of mind or leprosy is immecliateiy necessary, it shall be open to the :wthorities oPrhe inshrutio~l in ivhicll the beggar is delaincd to apply to a court having jurisdiction under the Indian Lunacy Act, 1912, or the LRpers Act, 1895, as the case may be, for an immediate order of fiis committal to a mental hospital or a lcper asylum.