25. In the case of a person ceasing to be in close treatment without having served the term of imprisonment that he must serve in a house of detention, prison, penitentiary or house of correction, the institution which operates the hospital centre and which discharges him must take the necessary measures to place him in the custody of such house of detention, prison, penitentiary or house of correction.
1972, c. 44, s. 25; 1992, c. 21, s. 273.