This is the original version (as it was originally enacted).
(1)A magistrates' court has the same power to make a hospital order or guardianship order under section 37 of the [1983 c. 20.] Mental Health Act 1983 or an interim hospital order under section 38 of that Act in the case of a person suffering from mental illness or severe mental impairment who could otherwise be committed to custody for breach of a relevant requirement as a magistrates' court has under those sections in the case of a person convicted of an offence punishable on summary conviction with imprisonment.
(2)In subsection (1)“a relevant requirement” has the meaning given by section 50(2).
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