The Superintendent of Saint Elizabeths Hospital shall receive for observation and diagnosis a person apprehended or committed as provided by sections 21-902 and 21-903 for the periods therein prescribed, unless the person is sooner discharged or returned to his home or to the State of his residence.
D.C. Code § 21-905
Superintendent to receive persons committed or apprehended under sections 21-902 and 21-903
Sept. 14, 1965, 79 Stat. 764, Pub
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