Read the full judgment text of CACC 000398/2000 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 25 April 2001.
1. The question in this case is whether the sentencing judge ought to have made a hospital order for a fixed term, or an order which did not specify the period during which the applicant should be detained. The judge took the latter course even though the two doctors who had provided reports had suggested that an order under section 45 of the Mental Health Ordinance, Cap. 136 be made for the applicant's committal to hospital for a period of six months. It was in these circumstances that when the
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