Acts and Regulations

M-10 - Mental Health Act

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Limitation of actions
66(1)No action, prosecution or other proceedings shall be brought or be instituted against any officer, nurse, clerk, attendant or other employee of a psychiatric facility, or against any other person, for an act done in pursuance of execution or intended execution of any duty or authority under this Act or the regulations, or in respect of any alleged neglect or default in the execution of any such duty or authority, without the consent of the Attorney General.
66(2)All prosecutions against any person, for anything done or omitted to be done in pursuance of this Act, shall be commenced within six months after the act or omission complained of has been committed or occurred, and not afterwards.
66(3)No action shall lie against any psychiatric facility or any officer, employee or servant thereof for a tort by any patient.
1969, c.13, s.66; 1967, c.38, s.2; 1981, c.6, s.1; 2009, c.L-8.5, s.35
Limitation of actions
66(1)No action, prosecution or other proceedings shall be brought or be instituted against any officer, nurse, clerk, attendant or other employee of a psychiatric facility, or against any other person, for an act done in pursuance of execution or intended execution of any duty or authority under this Act or the regulations, or in respect of any alleged neglect or default in the execution of any such duty or authority, without the consent of the Attorney General.
66(2)All actions and prosecutions against any person, for anything done or omitted to be done in pursuance of this Act, shall be commenced within six months after the act or omission complained of has been committed or occurred, and not afterwards.
66(3)No action shall lie against any psychiatric facility or any officer, employee or servant thereof for a tort by any patient.
1969, c.13, s.66; 1967, c.38, s.2; 1981, c.6, s.1