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(I) Wherc il appears to the '[State] Government that any person detained under any order is of t~nsound nlind, the '[Stztc] Govenlnle~lt may order his removal to a Iunatic asylum or other piace of safe custody within the 'LState], there to be kept and treated as the '[State] Government directs during the remainder of the term for which he has been ordered to be detained or, if on the expiration - of fhzt term it is certified by E medical oF~ccr that it is necesshy for the safety of the inmate or others that he should be fiuther - detaincd under medical care or treahmt, then until he is discharged according to law. (2), where it appears to the '[State] Government that an inmate so kept and treated has become of sound mind, the '[State] Guvenuncnt shall, by a wankt directed to the person having charge of the inmate, ifstill liable to be detained, remand him to the Borstal Institution fram which he was removed, or to another ~ o A t a 1 I Institution within the Z[State] or, if he is no longer liable to be / detained, order him to be discharged. , (3) The provisions of section 3 1 of the Indian Lunacy Act, 1 91 2, shall apply to every person confined in a lunatic asylum under sub-section (1) after the expiration of the term for which he was IV of ordered to be detained ; and the time during which an inmate is 1912- confined in a lunatic asylum under that sub-section shall be reckoned as part of the term of detention which he may have been ordered to undergo. (4) In any case in which a '[Slate] Government is competent under sub-section ( I ) to order the removal of an b a t s to a lunatic asylum or other placc of safe custodywithin the '[State], the '[State] Government may order his removal to any such asylum or place