Right to personal contacts and communication

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Statutory text

(1) Every person with mental illness shall have the right to receive personal visitors and communicate with such persons by telephone, post, email or any other form of communication, at such times and in such manner as may be specified by the medical officer in charge of the mental health establishment.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), the medical officer in charge may restrict or prohibit personal contacts and communications in respect of a person with mental illness if the medical officer in charge is of the opinion that such contact or communication is likely to cause, directly or indirectly, serious harm to the person with mental illness or to any other person or impede the treatment of the person with mental illness.
(3) The reasons for any restriction or a prohibition of personal contact or communication shall be recorded in the medical records of the person with mental illness.
(4) Every person with mental illness shall have the right to visit and receive visitors at such reasonable times as may be specified by the medical officer in charge of the mental health establishment.

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