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Part I · Preliminary

1. Short title and commencement

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(1)

This Act may be cited as the Mental Health Act 2001.

(2)

This Act comes into operation on such date as the Minister may appoint by notification in the Gazette, and the Minister may appoint different dates for the coming into operation of this Act, or of different provisions of this Act, in different parts of Malaysia.

Report

Part II

Part III

Discharge, Leave of Absence and Transfer of Involuntary Patients from Psychiatric Hospital

Part IV

Admission, Detention and Discharge of Persons Committed or Confined in Psychiatric Hospital Under the Criminal Procedure Code

Part V

Admission, Lodging, Nursing Care and Rehabilitation of Mentally Disordered Persons in Psychiatric Nursing Home

Part VI

Reception, Care, Treatment and Rehabilitation of Mentally Disordered Persons in Community Mental Health Centre

Part VII

Board of Visitors

Part VIII

Part IX

Quality of Psychiatric Health Care Facilities and Services

Part X

Proceedings in Inquiries Into Mental Disorder

Part XI

Enforcement

Part XII

General

Schedules