Absence without leave or discharge

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(1) Any person with mental illness, admitted in a mental health establishment, who is absent from such establishment without being granted leave of absence under section 91 or without being discharged under section 88, 89 or 90, may be searched for and taken into custody by any police officer or any other person authorised by the medical officer in charge of the mental health establishment, and shall be returned to the mental health establishment.
(2) The police officer or the person authorised by the medical officer in charge shall ensure that in taking the person with mental illness into custody and returning him to the mental health establishment, the person is not subjected to any physical or mental harm.

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