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oct 22, 1983 - Mental Health Act (1st Amendment)

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Elucidated the laws by which a person with a mental illness can be held in hospital or police care and have their disorder treated against their will- otherwise known as "sectioning"

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oct 22, 1983
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~ 41 years ago

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