A Justice for _________________________________
appointed under the above-mentioned Act [or the
Judge of the County Court of_____________________
or a Stipendiary Magistrate].
Urgency Orders.—Where it is urgent that an alleged lunatic (not a pauper) must be put under restraint as soon as possible, he may be received upon an urgency order, without petitioning a Judicial Authority, accompanied by a statement of particulars and one medical certificate. The order should be made by the husband, wife, or a relative of the alleged lunatic; if this be not possible, the reasons must be stated. It may be signed before or after the medical certificate, and before or after a petition order has been made. If before, it must be noted in the petition; if after, a copy must accompany the petition. No person may sign an urgency order if under twenty-one years of age, and must have seen the alleged lunatic within two days before the date of the order.
The urgency order remains in force seven days from its date, during which period the procedure for a “Judicial Order on Petition” is carried out. If the petition has been presented and the order is for some reason or other deferred, then the urgency order remains in force. The medical examination for certification must have been made not more than two days before reception, and reasons must be given why “it is expedient” that the alleged lunatic should be put under control “forthwith.”
53 Vict. c. 5.—Sched. 2.
FORM OF URGENCY ORDER FOR THE RECEPTION OF
A PRIVATE PATIENT, WITH MEDICAL CERTIFICATE
AND STATEMENT ACCOMPANYING URGENCY ORDER
Forms 4, 2, 8 and 9.
(a) House, or hospital, or asylum, or as a single patient.
(b) Name of Patient.
(c) Lunatic, or an idiot, or a person of unsound mind.