The medical officer or mental health professional in charge of the mental health establishment may grant leave to any person with mental illness admitted under section 87 or section 89 or section 90, to be absent from the establishment subject to such conditions, if any, and for such duration as such medical officer or psychiatrist may consider necessary.
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Section 1 · Short title, extent and commencement.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.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.