87 Patients absent from hospitals in Northern Ireland
Mental Health Act 1983 (1983 c 20) | Legislation

Return of patients absent without leave

87  Patients absent from hospitals in Northern Ireland

(1)     Any person who—

(a)     under [Article 29 or 132 of the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986] (which provide, respectively,

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