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Paragraph 40

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A person who immediately before the commencement of this Act was detained by virtue of paragraph 19 of Schedule 6 to the M1Mental Health Act 1959 may continue to be detained until the expiration of the period of his treatment current on 1st November 1960 or until he becomes liable to be detained or subject to guardianship under this Act, whichever occurs first, and may be so detained in any place in which he might have been detained under that paragraph.

Annotations

Marginal citations

M1

1959 c. 72.

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

F1

For the words "Supreme Court Act 1981" there is substituted (1.10.2009) the words "Senior Courts Act 1981" by virtue of Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59, 148(1), Sch. 11 para. 1(2); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)