The Mental Act, 1987, 14 of 1987 (Rep., Act 10 of 2017) section 76: An

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(2) An order made by the District Court under sub-section (1) shall be enforced in the same manner, shall have the same force and effect and be subject to appeal, as a decree made by such Court in a suit i n respect of the property or person mentioned therein. I . , r Chapter VI: |50.|50.Application for judicial inquisition.| |---|---| |51.|51.Issues on which finding shouldbegiven by District Court after| |52.|Provision for appointing guardian of mentally ill person and for| ||manager of property.| |53,|53,Appointment of guardian of mentally ill person.| |54.|Appointment of manager. for management of property of mentally| ||ill person.| |55.|Appointment of managerbyCollector.| |W.|Manager of property to execute bond.| |57.|57.Appointment and remunerationofguardians and managers.| |58.|Duties of guardian and manager.| |59.|59.Powers of manager.| | Section 76: Appeals 76. Appeals. - r~gulations,. : . . , ,, .. ties , - ' .it-:i>.!, .:fiz !j.I,:.,;9[j $ ~ , [.\:-I , .I, \ ! r,: - ? 774 i.;Pawep :sf .D&tri~t:! Co,ugt,toi make.: r~gulations,. : , > ! , I f J i j ' 76. An ,app(e& shgl ,,,Iiq,to the Hi& Coqrt from,,every order made by a District Court undw this Chapter, , . '>i ::y>!i ;;;' s:~.!: . ,:;,:, -. .. :,!. . ! > ; :,{; , : + ; ~ c , .:; ji::," [ . , , I : . , ' ? . " 77. The District Court!. ,_.;gay, f~qp.~!jme. t,o.:.ti& make regulations f , q the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Chapter. District Court to make regulations, - >i : CHAPTER: VII LIABILITY TO! MEET COST OF MAINTENANCE OF MENTALLY ILL PERSONS 1 1 QHT,AjpBD ,$N ,PSYCHIt+sq$C, HOSPgTAL OR PSNCHIAWC NURSING HOME -.,;.tij;:,& ;: ' ,:. " . . , { j; `1;.` , . :., , , . ' . . . 6 . ' i,:: . (?-: e cosir; ;:of maintenance, of ... ;!',; ameatally ill person detained as an inpatient E z ... 'in any $yc atr~c, hpFpitd o r psychiatric nursing home 1 , . !!!.*: ::./;?: . ,I' shall,; foIC.i,j:! TR-:;: unless . ; ..)lJ+ ; oiheri"ise , : ??r<; . ;<'> pyided' for by apy,,Jaw for the time being in be borne tjp the Gove;&neni of the"'state 'wherein the authority which,,passed, ,the orBex, in relation to the mentally ill person is subordinate, ig$, 3 , . Cost `of` maintb to be borne by Government in certain cases. .'<( `.-.9.:.` ,, 4 ; ' ft&...g'' (b) '&thorit$ which made t$q order @as not taken an fr@ ,a~~.,persop to bear ,the cost of maintenance of such mentall; ill $&son, and ( b ) no provision for karj-rn the c ~ s t of maintenance of such a District Court under this Chapter. *ill 79. (1) Where any mentally ill person detained in a psychiatric hchpitd orl.psgchiatric nufS5h'g home has an estate or where any person lega]ll$ 2 ;boufid' to rnaidain such person has the means to maintain such pershni, the Governmefit liable to pay the cost of maintenance of such perdon under section 78' oi any local authority liable to bear the cost ofiv~aintenhnce of suoh manttilly'ill psrsoa bfi'der any law for the time Application to District Gourt for payment of of main- tenance oq of being in force, may mzake `an.` apgggttion to the Ajst@ct GoW ,*@thin estate of whqse jurisdiction Lhe estate of the wentally, `ill` pers,o~,th @bate \qg &&? mentally person legally bound to maintain the mentally ill person ,apd h&vbg the ill person or from means therefor resides, for an order authorising it to apply $he,estab a person of the mentally ill person to the cost of qaintenance or, as the case m+y legally be, directing the person legally bound to nqaintaiq the ~i?e,?t#j bound `b` person and having the means therefor to bear the cost of rnzt.jn@~t$w maintain him. of such mentally ill person. |Persons legally bound to maintain|80.Nothing contained in the foregoing provisions shall be deemed:ato absolve a person legally bound to maintainamentally ill person from maintaining such mentally ill person. < .|80.Nothing contained in the foregoing provisions shall be deemed:ato absolve a person legally bound to maintainamentally ill person from maintaining such mentally ill person. < .| |---|---|---| |mentally||| |illperson||| |not||| |absolved||| |from sucl||| |liability.||| ||PROTECTIONOFHUMANRIGHTSOFMENTALLYILLPERSONS|| |||( I ! )| |Mentally|81.(1) No mentally ill person shallbesubjected duding treatmmt to|| |illper-|any indignity (whether physical or mental) or cruelty.' ' I|' I| |sons t obe||,:[{i| |treated without violation|(2)No mentally ill person under treatment shall be used for purposes of research, unless-|| |of human rights.|(i) such research is of direct befiefit to him for purposes of diagnosis or treatment; or . I|| ||(ii) such person, being a voluntary pat?ent, has given his consent|(ii) such person, being a voluntary pat?ent, has given his consent| ||in writing or where such person (whether or ngtavoluntary|| ||patient)isincompetent, by reason of minority or otherwise, to|incompetent, by reason of minority or otherwise, to s L&ve t| ||valid consent, the guardian or other person competent to giY$'conyent|| ||on his behalf, has given his consent in writing,' for such researcli.'|| ||(3)Subject to any rules made in this behalf ufider setion94|9490b th&| ||purpose of preventing vexatious or defamatory cornmunicatiohs|| ||communications prejudicial to the treatment of mentallyillpersons,|| ||no letters or other communications sent by or to a mentallyill|illpersons| ||under treatment shaiibeintercepted, detained or destroyed.|| PENALTIES AND PROCEDURE 3 , r > Penalty 82. (1) Any person who establishes or maintains a psychiatric hospital for estab- or psychiatric nursing home in contravention of the provisions,of Chgpterr lishment I11 shall, on conviction, be punishable with imprisonment for a tern% or main. tenanca which may extend to three months, or with `fine` which may extend, .to of two hundred rupees, or with both, and in the case- of a second..or suhe- i psycl&%k&iwz hospim W I p s y m m nursing home in contravention of Chapter III, sub-section (1) conti&& 'f6" in contrashall, on conviction, be punish- h . . , (2) Whoever, after conviction under sub-section (1) conti&& maintain a psychiatric hospital or psychiatric nursing home in contravention of the provisions of Chapter 111 shall, on conviction, be punishable with fine which may extegd ,tg ,Qae,,bwdred rupees for every day after the first day during which the contravention is continued. ,rj < : 83. Any person who receives or detains or keeps a mentally ill pcirson in a, I ~ ~ $ i ~ t $ c ,$.spit,$ pr 'py~hiatric Lpuxshg hoqe qt.heqy$qs $hart `dn` accordance fi\h the prpvisions pf Fiq , k t , ' ghall, ,q? ,~p~@qQ@y> `,:he,` pupishabie with imprisonment for a term . . > wQih rnW eqtpqd t~ kuup,, ye3rq1 or, with @e which may extend to ose ,t&qxqkdd s-,yg*p,, m &+&, both. ,,b, ,,b, Penaltyfor imqRpph , , recepq mental$df: : & &Y manager a;ppoin,@d un4er Act to manage J49 thp~o~vtY Penal$)s~m of a tally ill'person, who contravcines the provisi@s `I"` ,of FeF:ibq,kO contrq~q;3i~ or pub-~ectipq `.(2)` of ection 69, shall, an ~onviiti~n, $ p?*ish;?PTe fiqe which may extend to two thousand rupees and' ?ay' he d$@nmsd m , of sqg&& 11, 4 I,, " `aoadc` (nl a civil , . prison till he complies qith the said provisions. contrq~q;3i~ t i O n v " . ~ ~ ~ ~ r ? of sqg&& 11, `aoadc` (nl 694 -vr,ij 1 1 3 , m t F 1 , * G e m d provisirln *o* punish. ,at of otha , \ 694 85. b y person who contravenes any of the provisions of;#is qct- or of any ryfe or regulatkn made .tihereunder, for the contrart6'ntign ,of' *o* which no penalty is expressly provided, in this Act, shall, on mnyddkf611;' be punishable t i t h imprisoikent for a term whidh ?ay &textend to `&!p:` ,at months, or with fin^ which may extend to five -hundred rupees, or &I&"' ,qp. (1) , W9ere `A` c an r z offence upder this Act has k q n sgwi$p$&~~by'~~; company, every person who, at the time the offence `yq` ~ompi~f;e$;'' `by` was in charge of, and was responsible to, the company for the cdi;ductd ' panies, of tihe :busipess,.olf (the conspany, a s x e q as t)w w ~ p w y , &q&&ibq&eemed to be @lby of $he offence aud shaW be l$abkk (to h e .pro$e&g&,.@aigpt an4 @misheid acc~rdivg!~: O*~~CC. `by` `am-` Pyoyided that nothinlg contained in this sub-section shall render any such pFriqn liable to any if he proves that the offence was cbmmitted without his knowledge or that--he had exercised @*due diligence to prevent the commission bf such offence. `.G>` ~ o ~ w j t ~ ~ ~ a s ~ ~ g P ~ Y ~ & + g c ~ n t ~ i S U ~ ~ W ~ Q ~ (~1,',',*~~: `an` o$qge qdex t&ii Act has been qp1rnitte.d by a campagay `WQ$` jp,ls prny,e,d th.%t *hie ,offence has, k e n comqi$$,~d with the eoqaept p ~ . fsknivance of, or is attributable to any neglest on the p a ~ t `pf,` . r4ir,t3q&r, manager, gyretary or other offiser of the company, such director, man&$?? - . ,-.,[or peer office; ~ h d l also ] [be ][deemed ][to ] `[be ]`[grdityic ] [bf ] that offence and shall be liable to be pqoceeded against and ' dunishe8..l accordingly. I !be, ,@WFes of of of this: s.?cti!?+~ ~ T @ ~ Y < ~ ; ~ ? V > T F Q ~ !be, ,@WFes of of of this: s.?cti!?+~ `(a)` '!cm'pany" means a `budy` m~po~ate and other association of individuals; and ,@WFes of of of this: s.?cti!?+~ ~ ' i 1 , J 7 1 > J t ' I 2 ' <:;sri ,' (b) "director", in relation to a firm, I;r?egnp , r-- a 1 partner in the Lfpn. . , I ~ I Y : . , ?!I 68 Law-24. Mental fieaht;tN ,- 8,' I , LV6 v,--- ,- `1%-` ~ r i s Z * , Nntwithstjmding anything contained in the, Coda : of C-al, P&Q@ &we1) 11973~ no Gourt shall take cognizance of any offehce pun1sh.dbw 2 of 1974. under section 82, except with the previous sanction of the Licensidg authority. S W P ~ , ~OE, X e q d l ~ i i &we1) 11973~ no Gourt shall mtidns,'r'' >s . e r r , , `0,` .>I ..:. ;;<>:> a!" i! `>.I` . . .< . l . i i . . . . I ' i - , ."?.. A - . .. . r . : 'i. : . ; . . , . . . `L` . . . , , . . . , :. .'. CHAPTER X . . Provision 88. The provisions of Chapter XXXIII of the Code of Crimind Proas to `bonds` ceduret1 19'73, shall, as far as may be, apply to bonds taken under this Act. 3~1: ( L i \ .. Repoytg bqIJ 89. The medical officer in charge of a psychiatric hospital or psychiai m~dical" - tric nursing home shall, as soon as may be, after any mentally ill ?ersdn offltfei: ' " .itc\ >~ , detained therein has been discharged make a report in respect of his dental and physical condition to the authority under whose orders sucb person had been so detained. 2 of `1974.` PBtesiqn''' ' ' ' 90:-iU) %ere any sum is payable in respect of pay, pension, gratuity etcp cif+ , mentally t*. `9` "any allowance to any person by any Government and the person to , ill gg&p ifi wf$i". the sum is payable is certified by a Magistrate under thin Act to ' payabfet"' 1. be'a 'mentally ill person, the officer under whose authority such sum by Gov- ' " would be payable, may pay to the person having charge of the mzntally ' ernment. < F . r l P 3 :[ill .persyn so much of the said sum, as he thinks fit, having regard to the ] , ; .cost of maintenance of such person and may pay to such members of I I: the f a s l y of the !( r - . , . mentally ill person as are dependent on him for main- J i ' tenapce, the, surplus, .-- I. if any, or such part thereof, as he thinks fit, having. ' 2 ..- ;,*,2i 4 1 ) , ' I f t ,? regprd t~ the cost of maintenance of such members. ,.' rrsnr4 (2) Where there is any further surplus amount available out of the ' #, `n-;?~` funds specified in sub-section (I) after making payments as provided in . that SUP-section, the Government shall hold the same to be dealt with !1.3:{> -;): ,, as follows, namely:- ,+ ,It '--')&y where the mentally ill person is certified to have ceased Lto . -&j;&e&dy ill by the District Court within the lwal limits `d` + whose jurisdiction such person rasides or is kept or detained, the whole of the surplus amount shall be paid back to that person; - 7 `k,` 1 c J b ) , 1. where the mentally ill person dies before payment, the . xhole of the,surplns amount shall be paid over to those of his heirs ' who are legally entitled to receive the same; I 5 (c), where the mentally ill person dies during his mental illness ' ii.'ifhe&t leaving any person legally entitled to succeed to his estate, 'tlie whole of the surplus amount shall, with the prior permission of - 't%e '~ci$trict Court, be utilisedj for such charitable purpose as may ''?&:aqpr6ved by the District Court. : (3)- T@e Central Government or the State Government, as" the case may be, shall be discharged of all liability in respect of any' amounts r L > paid in accordance with this section. Legal aid to 91. (I) Where a mentally ill person is not re.presented by a legal mentally practitioner in any proceeding under this Act before a District d~uurt i31person or a Magistrate 'arid it appears to the District Court or Magistrate that at State such person has sufficient mean4 to engage, a legal practitioner, the expense in certain District, Court or ,Magistra!e shall assign a legal practitioner to represent cases. him' at the expense of the 'state. 25 of 1961. ,, (2: Where Ja mentally ill person having .suEicient meto engage a legal practitioner is not represented by a legal practitianel; $, m y ~ $ 0 - ceeding under this Act before a District Court or a ~agistrate it appears to the District Court or Magistrate, having regard to `all` the circumktances of the case, that such person ought to be represented by a legal practitioner, the District Court or Magistrate may a5sign.a legal .,practitioner to represent him and direct th& State to bear the ,gxpenses with respect thereto and recover the same from out of the property of such person. I ! . , (3). The High Court may, with the previous approval .of, . the , State Government, make rules providing for- (a) the mode of selecting legal practitioners for the purpose of sub-sections (1) and (2); - 'I I (b) the facilities to be allowed to such legal practitioners; (c) the fees payable to such legal practitioners by the Govern, ', ment and generally for carrying out the purpose of sub-sections (1) " .- and (2). I Explanation.-In this section "legal practitioner" shall have the ,,-n~eaning assigned to it in clause (i) of section 2 of. the Advocates Act, `1961.` 1 I * I shall have the ,"-? * 1 I * I `Projec-` tion of action taken in good faith. ;if `, r` 92. (1) No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall !lie against ':any2person for anything which i's in good faith done or iritended to be done in pursuance of this Act or any rulfes, regLilations or orders made thereunder. ' , ' "-"f3 - ' - \ '>,it- (2) No suit or other legal proceeding shall lie against the Government for any damage caused or likely to be caused for anything which is in ' 'iood'faith done'or intended to be done in pursuance of this'Act or any rules, regulations or orders made thereunder. 1 i,i)? Construction of references to certain laws, etc. 93. (1) Any reference in this Act to a law which is not in force in any area shall, in relation to that area, be construed as a reference to the corresponding law, if any, in force in that area. (2) Any reference in this Act to any officef or authority shall, in relation to any area in which there is no officer or authoritv with the `same` designation. be construed as a reference to silch officer or authority as ,,,map & specified by the Central Government by notification., lation to any area in which there is no officer or authoritv with the `same` I ' , ' 94. (1) The Central Government inav. bv notification, makk rules providing for the crualifications of nersons whn m3.r be appointed as Mental Health Authority under section 3 and the terms and conditions 8 subject to which they mav be ap~ointed under that section and all other relating to such authority. I r Power of Central Government and Sate government to make rules. (2) Subject to tha provisions of cub-section ( 1 ) . the State CovernWent. with tr)le previous approval of fhe Central Governmeqt may, `by` nr~tifica-tion, make rules for carrying out the provisions of this A&: - - ' Proyided that the Arst rules shall be made by the CentrakGovernment -- `TI-` notification. L -- `TI-` . L `TI-` `7` by notification. , ' , i 8 ( (fr! the class or category of persons for whom separate `;:',ti?` t"3p hosst'ils;;and $iy~EfPtiic. nGfii Ea..hoK eg ;xa$:b . 6,.. , e$+Lhli& and mai.ltained under clause ' ofL.;:6G-,s\&~&o~fi- ':(I) ,f ..$e&&z: 35;.: and isychia- |||||P|P|P .:L'> (i)an application may be made for. grant or renewal|P .:L'> (i)an application may be made for. grant or renewal|an application may be made for. grant or renewalofa| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||licence and the fee payable in resp6ct thereof'un8er sdction7or,||| |, ,|||1>|||a& the case may be, section9;||| |||||||..||| |; y .||; y .|; y .|||; .?>:.. . .(iii)'.a' 'qf'd&ddefigy:.l;ie' ,.gf5$fedf6p:..j@@ ..:e i M b & ~ e n t||e i M b & ~ e n t or| |||||||maintenanceofa psychiatric hospdtal.orapsychi'\a~~&~ur~ing||| |... ,||||.. .>||.. ,home under section8; .,||| |I < , *|I < , *|I < , *|I < , *|||r ?('$ii)' an" aljpftiiiti"dh miy'be'&B:d@ fdr'a"?8ir'hiii6fik'Waer||| |||||||under section 20;||| |||||||(e)the manner in which a report may be made to the licensing|the manner in which a report may be made to the licensing|| |.-: r||||: r||~tlt62ity'~uhder su'b'Js&tibnl(8).*of -sectionr9.;.||| |;: ,;|. ? ;> . . L ,;,-,|||... '. ) . .;,: t. A . . . L . :..Lb,., ,.-. ,..I ..-, a <df)theminimum faoilitier re3erred .to in- the .proviw|||minimum faoilitier re3erred .to in- the .proviw|sub-| |||||||section(5)of section9,iincluding,+||| |||||||. .||| |n|n1||,>.:|||(i)psychiatrist-patient ratio;||| |||||||(iii)_,v$$cS_re@uiielnedt;||| |:..,.||||. .|. . . . :- ttss!:ti.e~tmme-rf~ryad~~itieB~ B'd&|||| |,|,,,',!|||,,',!,.|,.|>:,:||| |. ,|. ,,...||,|||! .r. (2.')equipment;||| |||||||(# .& manrierin andtheco,nd;ti6ns:dGhj.6ct .eomfbh||| |"";||||''.;||a rpsychiatric hospital or psychiatric nursing home shall be main- f##$,&.i&'e$ secii2nj0;||a rpsychiatric hospital or psychiatric nursing home shall be main-| |i: F,l?.+(, . . . .:;?n;fis.?..(by,; the-.f0h '&,a'md!n-i?;?~ 1 ~ . wMl&an-athgperid@wiff,iniwififc., .,..:.,S ,:..b& &ppegl '&@f&t any' ord&y & f ~ $ ~ f i g - t ~ ~ g ~ t r ~ e ' w a']ik&&:nr||||||||| |||||||revoking a licence shall be prefe?$e;$'and fheifeP1rjaytfB1~in,i&s.spect||| |||||||thereof under section12;||| ||.v,.,,.|||.v,.,,.~;~ . . I||||| ||;3|;3|;3|||,:it*),.the.- ~ A n f i e f j - ~ ii'Whijcfi.r&ord's:sh81q-.be,.--4btaifie;d||mder| |||||||:--&&i&,y (?P'af,-mtiofi! 1Bf, -|-|| |i|i. ,-%|||||_0)'tliar f'ieilltiegtbbep+d$ided&li'dP~3ep:.tif'o&_14'9dr"OkivPtreat-||| |||||||ment ofamentally ill person%an outpatient;||| `(k)` the mannw in which application for a reception order shall be signed and verified 'under subsection (6) of section 20; ( I ) the qualifications of persons who may be appointed as Visitom- and the terms and conditions an which they may be app-jqted, -@i%& esStkli' 3f"'ant1~-'theil;- fiji~cctiofi:' (m) prevention of vexatious or defamatory communications and other matters referred to in sub-section (3) of section 81; (n) any other m a t e i . ,w.hichl is;J- *;required to be, or may be, prescribed. Rules |||95.(1)Every rule made by the Central Government under thisAct shallbe laid, as soon as may be after itismade, before each Houseof Parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which :*, ,~.$g:. %o@Yded in one session or i n two or more successive sessions, and if before: the expiry of the session immediately following the session :..... -bj.fhg ?'.mg$JQsi&.,ymidn&.,$*6'pdsai&;.l;lot;s:i*)&J@%&e&"r* '~ a & * ~ . . 'my|'my Rules made Central| |---|---|---|---| |||mg;&&~fi-ibk$fi% Q R ~ ~ yagp@r;tihbe.jt%B a d a d not 4 6Made( the:rulm ehd?itherea;Pt~r have-effeot-o n l ~ i ~ ,.. -suqh ,. mo+ied form :08bsof .no ,-efPeqt,-as-i-the case,m y . .be;s?.,;hmuevgp;,that.3 ~ 9 s such modi- fication annd-it,';;yfrbe.Wi]'r;Zb3,. ^~fejtdi'Ce to:tfig.v31Qityof : ; I' . . anything previousl~ b.&,d"ilihd&"KQta&g: j , ) ... ' >,..!'|ment to be the 1a:ura.| |||::.:..i,tfj$",mW. IW& , ~#&.qj$rrf$a~ & t @ i(J@qgpg&~f& .:,&&*!thig$AuE.shaU|| |||be laid, as soon as may be afteritis made, before-W~WefL@kame.|| |||96.The provisions ofthis:~~A&ib'bHdif.~Elaveeffect notwithstandingany- thing inconsistent therewith containedin-any other law for the time|EfTect| |||being in force ancl. td the extent ofsv.ck inconsistency that other law|| |||.%3b&fi hej>.&em&&rfaharr.::fiseffe&. . . ( r. ..:|| |||.... I * . 9'7.If any difftrultN arises in giving effect to the'~ko"m~?&'ls\bf t%is|| |||Actin any State, the State (Xowmmenfr~may, by order, do anythingnot inc9~sistent with guch,p.rovisions which appears to it to be necessary orJ r i . $ , f e ~ & : :., :'""!|| |||. / '..|| |||. ..|| |||any&#t? '$fi&jyhe\+kfiyw&f'ltwo s.f,ibw.jfH@< a.a&o&:k&&&n$bi${,Act|| |||.. .., ... . comes into force in that State. , .|| |4of1912. Jammu ,adKash- mlrAct 25of19W (1920m.||?ggV ( ~ ~ 3 N~ Ly##{dgi.L~m9,i~~d, : ; ~ & p ~ ~ ~ h w l ~ & :y1rufid6yl ~TAtjt,1977, . . . . . . hereby repealed. (2)Notwithstanding 'sucB.'rd;~SI~ ahything done or any action taken m.~ d p ~ , + q i t $ ~ ~ ,ofT the sstid..,Acts shall,inso far as such thing or adionis notinconsistentGit;''tkehro-iri~~~~s ..bf %*fjAiS.~k$f; ::beidegIhCdrj~wbeen|::beidegIhCdrj~wbeen| |||done or taken under theco~&~~d~&ri&"pF.ovisions of this Act and shall|| |,rq,|,rq, ,,|,,.-wqb.$aue :jpforce until. superseded by mything done or any action t.aken . . ,;a,- . . ~ .$@-,dQ&?; .ihis;.~d, , :. :|| |||I , % ... ..|| |||.. . ' . ..,|| |||.,. . . . :. .- ..~. . > h > .|| |||... ., -. ,. , . . . . .,|| made `by` Central Government or ' the State Govern. ment to be laid before the Legis1a:ura. EfTect of Act `irtl` other laws. hwi$ii& remove difficulty. Repeal and saving.

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