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BNSS Section 376 - Procedure where prisoner with mental illness is reported capable of making his defence.

BNSS Section 376 - Procedure
where prisoner
with mental
illness is
reported
capable of
making his
defence.

Description of BNSS Section 376 - Procedure where prisoner with mental illness is reported capable of making his defence.

If a person with mental illness is detained under the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 369, and in the case of a person detained in a jail, the Inspector-General of Prisons, or, in the case of a person detained in a public mental health establishment, the Mental Health Review Board constituted under the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017, shall certify that, in his or their opinion, such person is capable of making his defence, he shall be taken before the Magistrate or Court, as the case may be, at such time as the Magistrate or Court appoints, and the Magistrate or Court shall deal with such person under the provisions of section 371; and the certificate of such Inspector-General or visitors as aforesaid shall be receivable as evidence.