Act Info:
Preamble1 - MENTAL HEALTH ACT, 1987
Chapter I Section1 - Short title, extent and commencement
Section2 - Definitions
Chapter II Section3 - Central Authority for Mental Health Services
Section4 - State Authority for Mental Health Services
Chapter III Section5 - Establishment or maintenance of psychiatric hospitals and nursing homes
Section6 - Establishment or maintenance of psychiatric hospitals or psychiatric nursing homes only with licence
Section7 - Application for licence
Section8 - Grant or refusal of licence
Section9 - Duration and renewal of licence`
Section10 - Psychiatric hospital and psychiatric nursing home to be maintained in accordance with prescribed conditions
Section11 - Revocation of licence
Section12 - Appeal
Section13 - Inspection of psychiatric hospitals and psychiatric nursing homes and visiting of patients
Section14 - Treatment of out-patients
Chapter IV Part I Section15 - Request by major for admission as voluntary patient
Section16 - Request by guardian for admission of a ward
Section17 - Admission of, and regulation with respect to, voluntary patients
Section18 - Discharge of voluntary patients
Part II Section19 - Admission of mentally ill persons under certain special circumstances
Part II Section20 - Application for reception order
Section21 - Form and contents of medical certificates
Section22 - Procedure upon application for reception order
Section23 - Powers and duties of police officers in respect of certain mentally ill persons
Section24 - Procedure on production of mentally ill person
Section25 - Order in case of mentally ill person cruelly treated or not under proper care and control
Section26 - Admission as inpatient after inquisition
Section27 - Admission and detention of mentally ill prisoner
Section28 - Detention of alleged mentally ill person pending report by medical officer
Section29 - Detention of mentally ill person pending his removal to psychiatric hospital or psychiatric nursing home
Section30 - Time and manner of medical examination of mentally ill person
Section31 - Authority for reception order
Section32 - Copy of reception order to be sent to medical officer in-charge
Section33 - Restriction as to psychiatric hospitals; and psychiatric nursing homes into which reception order may direct admission
Section34 - Amendment of order or document
Section35 - Power to appoint substitute for person upon whose application reception order has been made
Section36 - Officers competent to exercise powers and discharge functions of Magistrate under certain sections
Chapter V Part I Section37 - Appointment of Visitors
Section38 - Monthly inspection by Visitors
Section39 - Inspection of mentally ill prisoners
Part II Section40 - Order of discharge by medical officer in charge
Section41 - Discharge of mentally ill persons on application
Section42 - Order of discharge on the undertaking of relatives or friends, etc., for due care of mentally ill person
Section43 - Discharge of person on his request
Section44 - Discharge of person subsequently found on inquisition to be of sound mind
Part III Section45 - Leave of absence
Section46 - Grant of leave of absence by Magistrate
Part IV Section47 - Removal of mentally ill person from one psychiatric hospital or psychiatric nursing home to any other psychiatric hospital or psychiatric nursing home
Section48 - Admission, detention and retaking in certain cases
Section49 - Appeal from orders of Magistrate
Chapter VI Section50 - Application for judicial inquisition
Section51 - Issues on which finding should be given by District Court after inquisition
Section52 - Provision for appointing guardian of mentally ill person and for manager of property
Section53 - Appointment of guardian of mentally ill person
Section54 - Appointment of manager for management of property of mentally ill person
Section55 - Appointment of manager by Collector
Section56 - Manager of property to execute bond
Section57 - Appointment and remuneration of guardians and managers
Section58 - Duties of guardian and manager
Section59 - Powers of manager
Section60 - Manager to furnish inventory and annual accounts
Section61 - Manager's power to execute conveyances under orders of District Court
Section62 - Manager to perform contracts directed by District Court
Section63 - Disposal of business premises
Section64 - Manager may dispose of leases
Section65 - Power to make order concerning any matter connected with mentally ill person
Section66 - Proceeding if accuracy of inventory or accounts is impugned
Section67 - Payment into public treasury and investment of proceeds of estate
Section68 - Relative may sue for account
Section69 - Removal of managers and guardians
Section70 - Dissolution and disposal of property of partnership on a member becoming mentally ill
Section71 - Power to apply property for maintenance of mentally ill person without appointing manager in certain cases
Section72 - Power to order transfer of stock, securities or shares belonging to mentally ill person in certain cases
Section73 - Power to order transfer of stock, securities or shares of mentally ill persons residing out of India
Section74 - Power to apply property for mentally ill person's maintenance in case of temporary mental illness
Section75 - Action taken in respect of mentally ill person to be set aside if District Court finds that his mental illness has ceased
Section76 - Appeals
Section77 - Power of District Court to make regulations
Chapter VII Section78 - Cost of maintenance to be borne by Government in certain cases
Section79 - Application to District Court for payment of cost of maintenance out of estate of mentally ill person or from a person legally bound to maintain him
Section80 - Persons legally bound to maintain mentally ill person not absolved from such liability
Chapter VIII Section81 - Mentally ill persons to be treated without violation of human rights
Chapter IX Section82 - Penalty for establishment or maintenance of psychiatric hospital or psychiatric nursing home in contravention of Chapter in
Section83 - Penalty for improper reception of mentally ill person
Section84 - Penalty for contravention of sections 60 and 69
Section85 - General provision for punishment of other offences
Section86 - Offences by companies
Section87 - Sanction for prosecution
Chapter X Section88 - Provision as to bonds
Section89 - Report by medical officer
Section90 - Pension, etc., of mentally ill person payable by Government
Section91 - Legal aid to mentally ill person at State expense in certain cases
Section92 - Protection of action taken in good faith
Section93 - Construction of references to certain laws, etc
Section94 - Power of Central Government and State Government to make rules
Section95 - Rules made by Central Government or the State Government to be laid before the Legislature
Section96 - Effect of Act on other laws
Section97 - Power to remove difficulty
Section98 - Repeal and saving