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The bill was voted upon and passed by the Rajya Sabha on 8 August 2016, [13] and passed by the Lok Sabha on 27 March 2017. [2] The bill was subsequently enacted in July 2018 as the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017. The Mental Health Care Act does not repeal Section 309 of the Indian Penal Code, but merely provides the presumption of mental illness.
In India, the Mental Health Care Act 2017 was passed on 7 April 2017 and came into force from 29 May 2018. The act effectively decriminalized attempted suicide which was punishable under Section 309 of the Indian Penal Code . [ 1 ]
The Indian Psychiatric Society suggested a draft in 1950, however it was only given assent by the President in May 1987, and implemented in 1993 as the Mental Health Act 1987. Criticism of the Mental Health Act 1987 led to the Mental Health Care Bill 2013, which was finally passed as the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017. [33]
(7) If the facts are such that an act is not capable of encouraging or assisting suicide or attempted suicide, for the purposes of this section it is to be treated as so capable if the act would have been so capable had the facts been as D believed them to be at the time of the act; or had subsequent events happened in the manner D believed ...
Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act of 2017 To provide support for law enforcement agency efforts to protect the mental health and well-being of law enforcement officers, and for other purposes. Pub. L. 115–113 (text) 115-114: January 10, 2018 Connected Government Act
Mental health-related legal concepts include mens rea, insanity defences; legal definitions of "sane," "insane," and "incompetent;" informed consent; and automatism, amongst many others. Statutory law usually takes the form of a mental health statute. An example is the Mental Health Act 1983 in England and Wales. These acts codify aspects of ...
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The Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984, an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom; The Mental Health (Detention) (Scotland) Act 1991 (c. 47) The Mental Health (Amendment) Act 1994 (c. 6) The Mental Health (Patients in the Community) Act 1995 (c. 52) The Mental Health (Public Safety and Appeals) (Scotland) Act 1999 (asp 1) The Mental Health ...