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Section 101: Report to Magistrate of person with mental illness in private residence who is ill-treated or neglected.

The Mental Healthcare Act, 2017Central Act · Act 10 of 2017

(1) Every officer in-charge of a police station, who has reason to believe that any person residing within the limits of the police station has a mental illness and is being ill-treated or neglected, shall forthwith report the fact to the Magistrate within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the person with mental illness resides.

(2) Any person who has reason to believe that a person has mental illness and is being ill-treated or neglected by any person having responsibility for care of such person, shall report the fact to the police officer in-charge of the police station within whose jurisdiction the person with mental illness resides.

(3) If the Magistrate has reason to believe based on the report of a police officer or otherwise, that any person with mental illness within the local limits of his jurisdiction is being ill-treated or neglected, the Magistrate may cause the person with mental illness to be produced before him and pass an order in accordance with the provisions of section 102.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Mental Healthcare Act, 2017
Section101
Marginal noteReport to Magistrate of person with mental illness in private residence who is ill-treated or neglected.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

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