Section 92: Absence without leave or discharge

If any person to whom section 103 applies absents himself without leave or without discharge from the mental health establishment, he shall be taken into protection by any Police Officer at the request of the medical officer or mental health professional incharge of the mental health establishment and shall be sent back to the mental health establishment immediately.

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