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=== 1. Apprehension Without a Warrant === | === 1. Apprehension Without a Warrant === | ||
A patient, detained involuntarily in a mental health facility who leaves the facility without authorization is, within 48 hours of escape, liable to apprehension, notwithstanding that there has been no warrant issued (s 41). | A patient, detained involuntarily in a mental health facility who leaves the facility without authorization is, within 48 hours of escape, liable to apprehension, notwithstanding that there has been no warrant issued (''MHA'', s 41). | ||
=== 2. Warrant Constituting Authority for Apprehension === | === 2. Warrant Constituting Authority for Apprehension === |