Northwest Territories Act

Marginal note:Recapture of escaped mentally disordered persons

• 55 (1) Where a mentally disordered person has escaped from a mental institution, asylum or other place of confinement, within or outside the Territories, any person employed therein or connected therewith or other person requested by the person in immediate charge or control thereof may, within forty-eight hours after the escape, without a warrant, retake the escaped person and return him to the place from which he escaped, or may, if a warrant is issued to him for that purpose, do so at any time after the escape up to the time specified in the warrant.

• Marginal note:Warrants

  (2) A warrant may be issued for the purposes of subsection (1) by the person in immediate charge or control of the mental institution, asylum or other place of confinement from which the escape was made and shall contain the name and description of the escaped mentally disordered person, the name and office, if any, of the person to whom it is issued, the place to which and the person to whom the escaped person is to be returned and the time, not exceeding three months, for which the warrant is valid.

• Marginal note:Custody of recaptured persons

  (3) An escaped person who is returned to custody under this section shall remain in custody under the authority by virtue of which he was detained prior to his escape.