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Section 29 - Mental Healthcare Act, 2017
CHAPTER VI
DUTIES OF APPROPRIATE GOVERNMENT
29. Promotion of mental health and preventive programmes.-
(1) The appropriate Government shall have a duty to plan, design and implement programmes for the promotion of mental health and prevention of mental illness in the country.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions contained in sub-section (1), the appropriate Government shall, in particular, plan, design and implement public health programmes to reduce suicides and attempted suicides in the country.
Related Sections
- Section 113: Power of State Government to supersede State Authority
- Section 65: Registration of mental health establishment
- Section 28: Right to make complaints about deficiencies in provision of services
- Section 18: Right to access mental healthcare
- Section 122: Power of Central Authority to make regulations
Related Acts
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