41 Power of higher courts to restrict discharge from hospital
Mental Health Act 1983 (1983 c 20) | Legislation

Restriction orders

41  Power of higher courts to restrict discharge from hospital

(1)     Where a hospital order is made in respect of an offender by the Crown Court, and it appears to the court, having regard to the nature of the offence, the antecedents of the offender and the risk of his committing further offences if set at large, that it is necessary for the protection of the public from serious harm so to do, the court may, subject to the provisions of this section, further order that the offender shall be subject to the special restrictions set out in this section. . .; and an order under this section shall be known as “a restriction order”.

(2)     A restriction order shall not be made in the case of any person unless at least one of the registered medical practitioners whose evidence is taken into account by

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