(u) "relative" means and includes any person related by blood or marriage or adoption under
the personal law, with the mentally disordered person;
(v) "rules" means the rules made under this Ordinance;
(w) "specialized psychiatric treatments" means electro‑convulsive treatment, anti‑psychotic
depot injection, psychosurgery, and such other form of treatment as may be specified for
the purposes of this Ordinance; and
(x) "treatment of mentally disordered person" means the assessment and "treatment of a
mentally" disordered person and shall include assessment, care, training, rehabilitation as
well as rehabilitation techniques or measures, as the case may be.
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CHAPTER II
ESTABLISHHMENT OF FEDERAL MENTAL HEALTH AUTHORITY
3. Federal Mental Health Authority.__ (1) For the purposes of this Ordinance, the Federal
Government shall constitute, by notification in the official Gazette, the Federal Mental Health
Authority.
(2) The Authority shall consist of a Chairperson and not more than fourteen members to be
appointed by the Federal Government.
(3) The members of the Authority shall be as follows:
(i) Secretary, Ministry of Health, Government of Pakistan;
(ii) Director General, Ministry of Health, Government of Pakistan;
(iii) Provincial Health Secretaries;
(iv) Advisor psychiatry, Medical Directorate, General Headquarters (GHQ); and
(v) Seven eminent psychiatrists of at least ten years good standing.
(4) The Chairperson and the members of the Authority, other than exofficio members, shall be
appointed on such terms and conditions as may be determined by the Federal Government.
(5) The Chairperson and the members of the Authority shall be appointed for a tenure of fours
years. The Chairperson and a member may resign from his office in writing addressed to the
Secretary, Ministry of Health, Government of Pakistan.
(6) The Chairperson or a member of the Authority may be removed from his office by the Federal
Government, for reasons of misconduct, or if he is unable to perform functions of his office, on
account of mental or physical incapacity or for any other reason.
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