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 58: Central Mental Health Authority Fund.
    (1) There shall be constituted a Fund to be called the Central Mental Health Authority Fund and there shall be credited thereto—
         (i) any grants and loans made to the Authority by the Central Government;
         (ii) all fees and charges received by the Authority under this Act; and
         (iii) all sums received by the Authority from such other sources as may be decided upon by the Central Government.
     (2) The Fund referred to in sub-section (1) shall be applied for meeting the salary, allowances and other remuneration of the chairperson, other members, chief executive officer, other officers and employees of the Authority and the expenses of the Authority incurred in the discharge of its functions and for purposes of this Act.
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