# Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997, Section 11: Increase in maximum period of interim hospital orders.


In section 53 of the 1995 Act (interim hospital orders), in subsection (6), for the words “six months” there shall be substituted the words “ twelve months ”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/48/section/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-punishment-scotland-act-1997/section-11
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