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COMMUNITY ADVOCATE ACT 1991 (NO. 64 OF 1991) - SECT 2

Commencement

2. (1) Section 1 and this section commence on the day on which this Act is notified in the Gazette.

(2) The remaining provisions commence on a day, or respective days, fixed by the Minister by notice in the Gazette .

(3) If a provision referred to in subsection (2) has not commenced before the end of the period of 6 months commencing on the day on which this Act is notified in the Gazette , that provision, by force of this subsection, commences on the first day after the end of that period.

means the Community Advocate appointed under section 4 ;
“disability” means any of the following conditions:

        (a)     a legal disability due to age;

        (b)     a physical, mental, psychological or intellectual condition;

        (c)     a condition which would render a person a forensic patient;

which gives rise to a need for protection from abuse, exploitation or neglect;

“forensic patient” includes a person who has been—

        (a)     apprehended by a police officer where that person's behaviour or statements indicate to the officer that the person may be suffering from a mental dysfunction;

        (b)     found by a court to be unfit to be tried by reason of a mental dysfunction;

        (c)     acquitted of a criminal charge on the grounds of insanity; or

        (d)     found guilty of a criminal offence and is mentally ill, or has become mentally ill while serving a sentence of imprisonment;

“staff”, in relation to the Community Advocate, means the public servants referred to in section 11 ;
“Tribunal” means the Guardianship and Management of Property Tribunal established by the Guardianship and Management of Property Act 1991 ;
“unfit to be tried” includes unfit to plead.

Community Advocate



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