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Section 10 - Mental Healthcare Act, 2017

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.

Related Sections

Section 88: Discharge of independent patients
Section 120: Act to have overriding effect
Section 121: Power of Central Government and State Governments to make rules
Section 122: Power of Central Authority to make regulations
Section 36: Resignation

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