§ If a patient in an institution for defectives, or absent from such an institution under licence or without a licence, or any person under guardianship as a defective escapes, he may be apprehended without warrant by any constable or by the managers of the institution or guardian or any person authorised by them in writing, and brought back to the institution or other place of safety or under guardianship.
§ Amendment made: After the word "may" ["he may be apprehended"] insert the words "at any time within three months thereafter."—[Mr. McKinnon Wood.]