21. Any holder of a function, office or employment in an institution for mental patients or in a place where persons are detained following an information, indictment or conviction, when such function, office or employment is under the Government or a department or body thereof, shall, when a writing addressed to the Public Protector is given to him, transmit such writing forthwith to the Public Protector and shall not take cognizance of the contents thereof.
1968, c. 11, s. 21; 1977, c. 5, s. 14.