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Section 20

Review of involuntary patient by Medical Director

of Mental Health Act 2001

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Section 20

It shall be the duty of the Medical Director of a psychiatric hospital to examine, or cause to be examined, at least once a week, involuntary patients detained in the psychiatric hospital under his charge to determine whether or not the continued detention of such persons is necessary.

Duty to notify Court of discharge of patient detained under subsection 55(1) or section 73