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THE GAZETTE OF INDIA
EXTRAORDINARY

PART II – Section1
Published By Authority
MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE
New delhi, Friday, May, 22, 1987

Legislative Department - New Delhi, the 22^nd May, 1987

The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 22^nd May, 1987, and is hereby published for general information:-

The Mental Health Act, 1987
No. 14 OF 1987
(22^nd, May 1987)

An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the treatment and care of mentally ill persons, to make better provision with respect to their property and affairs and for maters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
 
Be it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty–eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-