Mental Treatment Act, 1945

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Discharge of person detained as private patient on direction.

215.—(1) A person detained in a mental institution as a private patient shall be discharged on the written direction of the person by whom the last payment on account of the person detained was made.

(2) If the person empowered by sub-section (1) of this section to give a direction is not available, the direction may be given by the husband or wife of the person detained, or if there is no husband or wife or the husband or wife is not available, by the father of the person detained, or if there is no father or he is not available, by the mother of the person detained, or if there is no mother or she is not available, by any of the nearest of kin of the person detained.

(3) A person detained in a district mental hospital or other institution maintained by a mental hospital authority shall not be discharged under this section save with approval of the authority.