(405 ILCS 15/1) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 141)
Sec. 1.
In the event that any person is sentenced and committed under
the laws of this State or the ordinances or resolutions of any municipal
corporation or political subdivision to any penal or correctional
institution other than the penitentiary or reformatory, any person 18
years of age or over may file with the Circuit Court a petition
asserting that the person named in the petition has become subject to involuntary
admission under the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code since
his commitment. The petition shall be accompanied
by the certificate of a qualified examiner, psychiatrist, clinical psychologist
or physician stating in reasonable detail the basis
for the conclusion of said certificate that the person whose
hospitalization is desired is subject to involuntary admission as that term
is defined in Section 1-119 of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code.
The petitioner shall provide the State's Attorney and the person
named in the petition with a copy of the petition.
(Source: P.A. 81-337.)
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