Health (Mental Services) Act, 1981
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Transitional. |
49.—(1) Where, immediately before the commencement of this section, a person was, under the Mental Treatment Acts, 1945 to 1966, detained as a temporary patient or a person of unsound mind, he shall be regarded as having been received and detained under this Act in the psychiatric centre in which he is detained at such commencement. | |
(2) (a) In the case of a temporary patient, his treatment and detention shall be regarded as authorised for a period not exceeding 3 months after the commencement of this section. | ||
(b) In the case of a person of unsound mind, his treatment and detention shall be regarded as authorised for a period not exceeding 12 months after such commencement. | ||
(3) Where, immediately before the commencement of this section, a person was a voluntary patient under Part XV of the Mental Treatment Act, 1945 , he shall be regarded as a person admitted voluntarily for care and treatment in the psychiatric centre in which he is a patient at such commencement. |