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Section 9 Remission or release of prisoners etc from hospital: treatment conditionI1

United Kingdom Not yet in force

In the Mental Health Act 1983, in the following places, for “effective” substitute “appropriate medical”—

    • section 50(1) (prisoners under sentence);

    • section 51(3)(b) and (4)(b) (detained persons);

    • section 52(5)(b) (persons remanded by magistrates’ courts);

    • section 53(2)(b) (civil prisoners and persons detained under the Immigration Acts).

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S. 9 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 56(3)