Mental Treatment Act, 1945

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Arrangement for reception into institution maintained by mental hospital authority of patients of another authority.

103.—(1) Any two mental hospital authorities may, with the consent of the Minister, make and carry out an arrangement for the reception into the district mental hospital or any other institution maintained by one of the authorities of patients maintained by the other authority.

(2) The Minister may withdraw a consent given by him under sub-section (1) of this section and thereupon the arrangement to which the consent relates shall terminate and any patient received under the arrangement shall be removed by the mental hospital authority by whom he was sent for reception under the arrangement.