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[Cites 0, Cited by 0] [Section 39] [Entire Act]

Union of India - Subsection

Section 39(1) in The Mental Health Act, 1987

(1)Notwithstanding anything contained in section 38, where any person is detained under the provisions of section 144 of the Air Force Act, 1950 (45 of 1950), or section 145 of the Army Act, 1950 (46 of 1950), or section 143 or section 144 of the Navy Act, 1957 (62 of 1957), or section 330 or section 335 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974),
(i)the Inspector-General of Prisons, where such person is detained in a jail; and
(ii)all or any three of the Visitors including at least one social worker appointed under sub-section (1) of section 37, where such person is detained in a psychiatric hospital or psychiatric nursing home,
shall, once in every three months, visit such person at the place where he is detained, in order to assess the state of mind of such person and make a report thereon to the authority under whose order such person is so detained.