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Republic Act No. 9165
The New Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Law
Sec. 61.
Compulsory Confinement of a Drug Dependent Who Refuses to
Apply Under the Voluntary Submission Program. _ Notwithstanding
any law, rule and regulation to the contrary, any person determined
and found to be dependent on dangerous drugs shall, upon petition
by the Board or any of its authorized representative, be confined
for treatment and rehaboilitation in any Center duly designated
or accredited for the purpose.
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Rules of Court
Rule 101 Proceedings for Hospitalization
of Insane Persons
Sec. 1. Venue; Petition for commitment. - A petition
for the commitment of a person to a hospital or other place for
the insane may be filed with the Court of First Instance of the
province where the person alleged to be insane is found. The petition
shall be filed by the Director of Health in the all cases where,
in his opinion, such commitment is for the public welfare, or for
the welfare of said person who, in his judgment, is insane, and
such person or the one having charged of him is opposed to his being
taken to a hospital or other place for the insane.
Sec. 2. Order for hearing. - If the petition filed is
sufficient in form and substance, the court, by an order reciting
the purpose of the petition, shall fix a date for the hearing thereof,
and copy of such order shall be served on the person alleged to
be insane, and to the one having charge of him, or on such of his
relatives residing in the province or city as the judge may deem
proper. The court shall furthermore order the sheriff to produce
the alleged insane person, if possible, on the date of the hearing.
Sec. 3. Hearing and judgment. - Upon satisfactory proof,
in open court on the date fixed in the order, that the commitment
applied for is for the public welfare or for the welfare of the
insane person, and that his relatives are unable for any reason
to take proper custody and care of him, the court shall order his
commitment to such hospital or other place for the insane as may
be recommended by the Director of Health. The court shall make proper
provisions for the custody of property or money belonging to the
insane until a guardian be properly appointed.
Sec. 4. Discharge of insane. - When, in the opinion of the Director of Health,
the person ordered to be committed to a hospital or other place
for the insane is temporarily or permanently cured, or may be released
without danger he may file the proper petition with the Court of
First Instance which ordered the commitment.
Sec. 5. Assistance of fiscal in the proceeding. - It
shall be the duty of the provincial fiscal or in the City of Manila the fiscal of the city, to prepare the petition for
the Director of Health and represent him in court in all proceedings
arising under the provisions of this rule
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