Mental Disorders and Treatment Act Chapter 178
Government of Singapore
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Singapore
31 December 1952
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An Act to regulate proceedings in cases of mental disorder, and to provide for the reception and detention of persons of unsound mind in approved hospitals.Original Enactment: Ordinance 38 of 1952
Revised Edition 1985
For all amendments and updates see
http://statutes.agc.gov.sg/aol/home.w3p
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