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MENTAL HEALTH ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1961 - SECT 60

Restriction on discharge of prisoners removed to hospital.

60.(1) Where a transfer direction is given in respect of any person,
the Minister may, if he thinks fit, by warrant further direct that that person
shall be subject to the special restrictions set out in section fifty-three;
and where the Minister gives a transfer direction in respect of any such
person as is mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (e) of sub-section (2) of section
fifty-nine, he shall also give a direction under this section applying those
restrictions to him.

(2) A direction under this section (in this Act referred to as a "direction
restricting discharge") shall have the like effect as an order restricting the
discharge of the patient made under section fifty-three.

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