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( I ) Where it appears to the State Government that any treggar dr:tarned in a certified Institution under any orcler of a court is of unsound nrind cr is a leper, the Stirte Governntent nlay hy an3, orcler sr:tting forth the grounds of beliel'that the Lreggar is of unsound mincl or" a leper order his remr:val to a mental hospital or leper asylum or other piace of safe custody, there to be kept anri treated as State (iovernment drrects during the remainder of the term for which he has lreen orderecl to be detained or ,if on the expiration of that term it is certified by a rnedical officer that it is necessary for the saf'ety of the beggar or of others that tie shouicl lre further detained uncler medical care or treatment, lre srhould be detained untrl he is clischarged according to liirv. (2) V/here it appcars to the State Covcrnment that the beggar has ceased to be of unsound nrind, or is cured of leprosy, the State Gr:vernmenl. shali, il'he is no longer lialrle to be kept in <;ustody, order hirn to be dischargeci. In case the beggar is srill liable to be kept in 1971 z Haryana Act 9I PRE,VEN'I'ION fJF BTIGCAR Y i I (3) The provisions of section 3l of the Indian .[-unacy Act, 1912, and the provisions t>f section 14 of the i,epers .A.ct, 1898, shall appl'/ to every beggar confined in a menfal hosprtal or lepc:r asylum under:rub-section (l) after the expiration of the periori ftlr which he was orderecl to be de'rained ; and tire 'rime during which a beggar is coriflned in a mental hospital or lcper asylum under ihat sub-section shall be reckoned as part crf'the: period for which he may have been ordererl by the Court to be dctained : Provided that where ihe rernoval of a lrcggar due to unsoundness af mind or leprosy is immediately necessary, it shall be open to ttre authorities of the institution in rvhich the beggar is detained to apply to ir couft having jurisriiction under the ,lndian Lunacy Act, 1912, or t]re Lepers Act, 1898, as the case m&y be, for an immediate order of his conimittal to a rl"entai hospital or a leper asylum"