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 78 STAT. J

PUBLIC LAW 88-597-SEPT. 15, 1964

953

SURETY

SEC. 16. The court in its discretion may require any petitioner under section 7 of this Act to file an undertaking with surety to be approved by the court in such amount as the court may deem proper, conditioned to save harmless the respondent by reason of costs incurred, including attorney's fees, if any, and damages suffered by the respondent, as a result of any such action. INDIVIDUALS PREVIOUSLY

HOSPITALIZED

SEC. 17. The provisions of sections 8, 9, 12, 14, 15, and 16 of this Act shall be applicable to any person who, on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, is a patient in a hospital in the District of Columbia by reason of having been declared insane or of unsound mind pursuant to a court order entered in a noncriminal proceeding prior to such date of enactment; except that any request for an examination authorized under section 8 may be made by such person, or his attorney, legal guardian, spouse, parent, or other nearest adult relative, after the expiration of the thirty-day period following the date of the enactment of this Act and not more frequently than every six months thereafter. APPOINTMENT OF CONSERVATORS

SEC. 18. The first section of the Act of October 24, 1951 (65 Stat. 608), is amended by adding after "mental weakness (not amounting to unsoundness of m i n d) " the following: "mental illness (as such term is defined in the District of Columbia Hospitalization of the Mentally 111 Act). "

D.C. Code 21-501.

ACTS REPEALED

SEC. 19. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, the Act entitled "An Act to provide for insanity proceedings in the District of Columbia", approved June 8, 1938 (52 Stat. 625), as amended, and the Act entitled "An Act to provide for insanity proceedings in the District of Columbia", approved August 9, 1939 (53 Stat. 1293), as amended, are repealed. (b) The repeal of the Act of June 8, 1938, and of the Act of August 9, 1939, shall not be construed to affect (1) any action or proceeding brought or existing on the date immediately preceding the date of the enactment of this Act, or (2) any liability incurred by any person for the payment of the costs of maintenance and treatment of an insane or incompetent person hospitalized in the District of Columbia prior to the date of the enactment of this Act, and any such action or proceeding shall be heard and determined and such liability continued in accordance with the provisions of such Acts in the same manner and to the same extent as if they had not been repealed. (c) The Act entitled "An Act to authorize the apprehension and detention of insane persons in the District of Columbia, and providing for their temporary commitment in the Government Hospital for the Insane, and for other purposes", approved April 27, 1904 (33 Stat 316), is hereby repealed. (d) Sections 4849,4856, and 4857 of the Revised Statutes are hereby repealed. (e) Sections 115(b), 115(c), 115(d), and 115(e),of the Act entitled "An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia", approved March 3, 1901 (31 Stat. 1189), as amended, are hereby repealed. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to affect any

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to 21-325

D.C. Code 21-326, 327, 330.

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