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 84: Grants by Central Government.
    (1) The Central Government may, make to the Central Authority grants of such sums of money as the Central Government may think fit for being utilised for the purposes of this Act.
     (2) The grants referred to in sub-section (1) shall be applied for,—
         (a) meeting the salary, allowances and other remuneration of the chairperson, members, officers and other employees of the Central Authority;
         (b) meeting the salary, allowances and other remuneration of the chairperson, members, officers and other employees of the Boards; and
         (c) the expenses of the Central Authority and the Boards incurred in the discharge of their functions and for the purposes of this Act.
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