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[Cites 0, Cited by 1] [Section 22] [Entire Act]

Union of India - Subsection

Section 22(7) in The Mental Health Act, 1987

(7)On the date fixed under sub-section (4), or on such further date as may be fixed by the Magistrate, he shall proceed to consider the application in camera, in the presence of
(i)the applicant;
(ii)the alleged mentally ill person (unless the Magistrate in his discretion otherwise directs);
(iii)the person who may be appointed by the alleged mentally ill person to represent him; and
(iv)such other person as the Magistrate thinks fit,
and if the Magistrate is satisfied that the alleged mentally ill person, in relation to whom the application is made, is so mentally ill that in the interests of the health and personal safety of that person or for the protection of others it is necessary to detain him in a psychiatric hospital or psychiatric nursing home for treatment, he may pass a reception order for that purpose and if he is not so satisfied, he shall dismiss the application and any such order may provide for the payment of the costs of the inquiry by the applicant personally or from out of the estate of the mentally ill person, as the Magistrate may deem appropriate.