(1) This Act may be called the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017.
(2) It shall extend to the whole of India.
(3) It shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint; or on the date of completion of the period of nine months from the date on which the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 receives the assent of the President.
(2) It shall extend to the whole of India.
(3) It shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint; or on the date of completion of the period of nine months from the date on which the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 receives the assent of the President.
Source footnotes
1. 29th May, 2018, vide Notification No. S.O. 2173(E), dated 29th May 2018, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii).आगे पढ़ें / Continue reading
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Section 2 · Definitions.Section 3 · Determination of mental illness.Section 4 · Capacity to make mental healthcare and treatment decisions.Section 5 · Advance directive.Section 6 · Manner of making advance directive.Section 7 · Maintenance of online register.Section 8 · Revocation, amendment or cancellation of advance directive.Section 9 · Advance directive not to apply to emergency treatment.India Code, Government of India. Text fetched 25 Oct 2026. Source metadata reports last modification: 2018-12-27. Check the linked official text and subsequent notifications when applying a provision.