Admission by Director of Health Services in urgent cases

(1) In any case in which the Director of Health Services considers that the admission of a person believed to be of unsound mind is urgent, he may admit that person into the Mental Hospital if on examination he is of opinion that he is of (2) Where any person of unsound mind has been admitted into the Mental Hospital under subsection (1) of this section, the Director of Health Services shall forthwith notify the fact of such admission to the magistrate of the Belize Judicial District who shall, if satisfied that the patient is of unsound mind, issue a warrant authorising the detention of the patient in the Mental Hospital for treatment. (3) The magistrate may, if he considers it necessary, hold an inquiry into the state of mind of the patient before he makes his order for the detention of the patient in the Mental Hospital. 22