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MENTAL HEALTH ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1961 - SECT 27

Statement as to rights of patients and nearest relatives.

27. The responsible [Health and Social Services Board] shall, as soon as may
be practicable after a patient is admitted to hospital or placed under
guardianship under this Part or, as the case may be, the authority for the
detention or guardianship of a patient is renewed under this Part, furnish to
the patient and his nearest relative a statement in the prescribed form of
their respective rights and powers under this Act.


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