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(1) A person may make an application to a court for the involuntary

admission and treatment of a person believed to be suffering from

severe mental disorder, where

(a) the person named is at personal risk or a risk to other people, or

(b) there is a substantial risk that the mental disorder will deteriorate seriously.

(2) The temporary treatment order will place the named person under the care, observation or treatment in a psychiatric hospital or any other facility which is approved under this Act for the care of involuntary patients, in as least restrictive an environment as is compatible with the health and safety of the person and society.

(3) The recommendation shall be given on oath to the court and shall be supported by two medical recommendations one from a medical practitioner and the other from a mental health practitioner.

(4) The recommendation shall specify in full detail

(a) the reasons why it is considered that that person is a proper

subject for care, observation or treatment,

(b) the facts on which the opinion has been formed, distinguishing facts observed personally from those observed by somebody else,

(c) that that person is suspected to lack capacity to make

informed treatment decisions, and

(d) that the treatment is necessary to bring about an improvement in the person's condition, restore capacity to make treatment decisions, prevent serious deterioration or prevent injury or harm to self or others.