# Mental Health Act 1959, Paragraph 15


1)—(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4) Section eighty-four of this Act shall apply to a transferred patient who having been a state mental patient in Scotland was immediately before the commencement of this Act liable to be detained in a hospital in England and Wales by virtue of subsection (3) of section sixty-three of the Criminal Justice Act 1948, or subsection (2) of section sixty-four of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1949, as if he had been removed to such a hospital from Scotland in pursuance of an order under the said subsection (2); and where he is treated by virtue of the said section eighty-four as if he had been removed to a hospital in pursuance of a transfer direction, he shall also be treated as if a direction restricting his discharge had been given as aforesaid.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/7-8/72/schedule/SIXTH/paragraph/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-1959/schedule-SIXTH/paragraph-15
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