# Mental Health Act 1983, Paragraph 32


Any patient who immediately before the commencement of this Act was liable to be detained or subject to guardianship by virtue of an authority which had been renewed under paragraph 11 of Schedule 6 to the Mental Health Act 1959 shall unless previously discharged continue to be so liable during the period for which that authority was so renewed.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/20/schedule/5/paragraph/32 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-1983/schedule-5/paragraph-32
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