General powers and duties of members of the Board

(1) Subject to regulations made by the Minister, the Board shall, (a) exercise general supervision, protection and control over defectives; (b) supervise any institution in which defectives are detained as well as the administration of any powers and duties conferred and imposed on any person under this Part or regulations; 24 (c) certify, approve, supervise and inspect institutions and all arrangements made for the care, training and control of defectives therein; (d) visit, either through one or more members or through its officers, defectives in institutions or under supervision or guardianship, or, with a view to their certification, elsewhere, any persons who have been placed under the care of any person as being defectives; (e) and maintain institutions for (f) take such steps as may be necessary for ensuring suitable treatment of cases of mental deficiency; (g) make annual reports, to be presented to the National Assembly, and such special reports as the Minister may from time to time require; (h) administer, in accordance with this Part, grants made out of money provided by the National Assembly under this Part. (2) Without prejudice to its powers and duties under any regulations which the Minister may make for further or more frequent inspection and visitation, it shall be the duty of the Board through one or more members to inspect every institution in which mental defectives are confined at least once in each year, and either through themselves or its officers to inspect every institution one additional time in each year and every defective under supervision or guardianship, at least twice in every year. 25 (3) The Board shall have power to discharge at any time any person detained as a defective in an institution or under supervision or guardianship under this Part.