# Mental Health Act 2025, Section 9: Remission or release of prisoners etc from hospital: treatment condition

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.
Status: prospective

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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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/33/section/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-2025/section-9
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