Act Number: 10

Act Name: The Mental Healthcare Act, 2017

Year: 2017

Enactment Date: 2017-04-07

Long Title: An Act to provide for mental healthcare and services for persons with mental illness and to protect, promote and fulfil the rights of such persons during delivery of mental healthcare and services and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Department: Department of Health and Family Welfare

Section 8: Revocation, amendment or cancellation of advance directive.
    (1) An advance directive made under section 6 may be revoked, amended or cancelled by the person who made it at any time.
     (2) The procedure for revoking, amending or cancelling an advance directive shall be the same as for making an advance directive under section 6.
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