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Mental Health Act 2013
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44 Duration of treatment order
[Section 44 Amended by No. 59 of 2016, s. 22, Applied:01 Jul 2017] Subject to section 48 , a treatment order, unless sooner discharged under section 49 or section 181 , continues in effect for such period not exceeding 6 months (calculated from the precise time it is made) as the Tribunal specifies in the order.