Pub. L. 89-183, pt. III, tit. 21, ch. 5, subch. III, sec. 21–528
Detention of person pending judicial proceedings
§ 21–528. Detention of person pending judicial proceedingsNotwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, the administrator of a hospital in which a person is hospitalized under this subchapter may, if judicial proceedings for his hospitalization have been commenced under subchapter IV of this chapter, detain the person in the hospital during the course of the judicial proceedings.