Legislation

Part II overview

Introduction

This part contains a scheme for compulsory treatment of certain persons with mental disorder. This includes a procedure for making a patient detainable or, as the Act says, “liable to be detained”. This phrase reflects the scheme’s flexibility. The fact that a patient is detainable does not mean s/he will be detained. The patient may […]

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