(1) Any magistrate before whom any person arrested under the preceding paragraph is brought shall enquire into the circumstances and character of the offender and for that purpose may order any officer of the Department of Social Welfare and Community Development to investigate and make a report to him within such time as he may think fit.

(2) If any officer of the Department of Social Welfare reports that the offender is suffering from any infectious or contagious disease, and that facilities are available for the treatment of such disease in a Government hospital, the magistrate may, if satisfied that such a course is practicable in all the circumstances, order that the offender be admitted to a specified Government hospital, and may order that pending such admission he be admitted to reside in a suitable institution.

(3) The magistrate may issue his summons requiring any relative of the offender to appear before him, and may, if he is satisfied that the case may best be so dealt with, commit the offender to the care of a relative or other fit person who is willing to undertake the care of him.

(4) Where an offender is dealt with under the preceding sub-paragraph, the magistrate may, if he thinks fit, order the relative of the offender to give security for the good behaviour of the offender for a period not exceeding one year.