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Part IV · General

13. Medical Practitioner to specify basis of opinion

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

(1)

A medical practitioner who signs a medical certificate supporting any application or committal to be made under this Act or for any other purpose provided in this

Act shall specify therein, the facts upon which he has formed his opinion that the person to whom the certificate relates is a drug dependant person. He shall also set out in detail the circumstances as perceived by him, and the facts communicated to him by others.

(2)

No Order shall be made by a Magistrate under this Act upon a certificate which purports to be founded only upon facts communicated by others.

Read on from s 14