(1) The Governor General may order the discharge, absolutely or conditionally, of any person confined in a mental hospital for inmates whether recovered or not.
(2) Where upon the information upon oath of the Commissioner of Police or of the non-commissioned officer or constable in charge of any district it appears to a magistrate that a condition subject to which a discharge under this section was granted has been broken such magistrate may order the person discharged to be conveyed to the hospital from which he or she was discharged and there to be detained as if he or she had not been discharged therefrom and may issue his or her warrant accordingly.