The Short Title of this Act is “The Inebriates Institutions Amendment Act, 1903”; and it shall form part of and be read together with “The Inebriates Institutions Act, 1898” (hereinafter referred to as “the principal Act”).

The Governor may from time to time, by Order in Council, direct that any institution, whether established before or after the passing of this Act, shall be for the reception of curable inebriates only.

Notwithstanding anything in the principal Act, no order shall be made by any Judge or Magistrate for the committal of any person to an institution for the reception of curable inebriates, or for his reception therein, except upon the certificate of two duly qualified medical practitioners that, in their opinion, there is a reasonable prospect of the permanent recovery of the inebriate.

The Colonial Secretary may, by writing under his hand, order the removal of any inebriate from any institution to any other institution.

Such order shall be sufficient authority for the removal of such inebriate, and also for his reception into the institution to which he is ordered to be removed.

Any regulations made under the principal Act may provide for the separate treatment of curable and non-curable inebriates, and may apply only to any specified institution or generally, as the Governor in Council thinks fit.