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 38: Vacancies, etc., not to invalidate proceedings of Central Authority.
    No act or proceeding of the Central Authority shall be invalid merely by reason of—
         (a) any vacancy in, or any defect in the constitution of, the Authority; or
         (b) any defect in the appointment of a person as a member of the Authority; or
         (c) any irregularity in the procedure of the Authority not affecting the merits of the case.
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