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Return and re-admission of patients absent without leave. 30.(1) Where a patient who is for the time being liable to be detained under this Part in a hospital (a)absents himself from the hospital without leave granted under section twenty-nine; or (b)fails to return to the hospital on any occasion on which, or at the expiration of any period for which, leave of absence was granted to him under that section, or upon being recalled thereunder; or (c)absents himself without permission from any place where he is required to reside in accordance with conditions imposed on the grant of leave of absence under that section; (2) Where a patient who is for the time being subject to guardianship under this Part absents himself without the leave of his guardian from the place at which he is required by the guardian to reside, he may, subject to sub-section (3), be taken into custody and returned to that place [by any constable or by any person authorised in writing by the guardian or by a Health and Social Services Board.] (3) A patient shall not be taken into custody under this section after the expiration of the period of twenty-eight days beginning with the first day of his absence without leave; and a patient who has not returned or been taken into custody under this section within that period shall cease to be liable to be detained or subject to guardianship, as the case may be, at the expiration of that period. (4) In this Act "absent without leave" means absent from any hospital or other place and liable to be taken into custody and returned under this section.
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