§ 10 Mental Healthcare Act, 2017
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Section 10. Duty to follow advance directive

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Mental Healthcare Act, 2017
Section number
10

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10. Duty to follow advance directive.-

It shall be the duty of every medical officer in charge of a mental health establishment and the psychiatrist in charge of a person's treatment to propose or give treatment to a person with mental illness, in accordance with his valid advance directive, subject to section 11.