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MENTAL HEALTH ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1961 - SECT 25

Correspondence of patients.

25. It shall be the duty of a [Health and Social Services Board], a person
carrying on a private hospital or a person appointed as guardian under this
Part to forward unopened all letters addressed by any patient liable to be
detained or subject to guardianship under this Part to

the Lord Chief Justice;

the Minister of Health and Local Government;

any member of [the Assembly or of the Parliament of the United Kingdom];

the Review Tribunal;

the Ministry;

[the Master (Care and Protection)];

the nearest relative of the patient;

[the European Commission of Human Rights.]

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