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MENTAL HEALTH ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1961 - SECT 44 

Procedure on applications to county court.

44. County court rules which relate to applications authorised by this Part to
be made to a county court may make provision

(a)for the hearing and determination of such applications otherwise than in
open court;

(b)for the admission on the hearing of such applications of evidence of such
descriptions as may be specified in the rules notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in any enactment or rule of law relating to the admissibility of
evidence;

(c)for the visiting and interviewing of patients in private by or under the
directions of the court.

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