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Section 1 - Mental Healthcare Act, 2017
1. Short title, extent and commencement.-
(1) This Act may be called the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017.
(2) It shall extend to the whole of India.
(3) It shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint; or on the date of completion of the period of nine months from the date on which the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 receives the assent of the President.
Related Sections
- Section 71: Maintenance of register of mental health establishment in digital format
- Section 21: Right to equality and non-discrimination
- Section 88: Discharge of independent patients
- Section 8: Revocation, amendment or cancellation of advance directive
- Section 17: Duties of nominated representative
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