Section 10 — Duty to follow advance directive.

The Mental Healthcare Act, 2017
It shall be the duty of every medical officer in charge of a mental health establishment and the psychiatrist in charge of a person's treatment to propose or give treatment to a person with mental illness, in accordance with his valid advance directive, subject to section 11.

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