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MENTAL HEALTH ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1961 - SECT 117



117.Subs.(1) rep. by 1978 c.23 s.122(2) sch.7 Pt.II

(2) Nothing in this Act shall prejudicially affect any power which is
exercisable by [the High Court under section 28 of the Judicature (Northern
Ireland) Act 1978], in relation to persons incapable of managing their affairs
or the estates of such persons.

(3) Without prejudice to the generality of sub-section (2), the definition in
this Act of the expression "mental disorder" shall not affect the use of the
expression "unsound mind", or any grammatical variation thereof, in the
exercise of any power referred to in that sub-section.


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