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MENTAL HEALTH ACT 1996 - SECT 39

39 .         Psychiatrist may order assessment in hospital

        (1)         A psychiatrist who examines a person for the purposes of a referral under section 29(2)(b) may order that the person be received into, and detained in, an authorised hospital for assessment of whether an order should be made under section 43.

        (2)         An order under subsection (1) is to specify the day and time when it is made.



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