Effect of hospital directions
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176. Where a court gives a hospital direction in respect of a person—
(a)a constable or any other person directed to do so by the court must take the person to the hospital specified in the direction;
(b)the managing authority of that hospital must—
(i)admit the person; and
(ii)detain him or her in accordance with Chapter 5; and
(c)any question whether the person may be given any treatment while detained in a hospital in pursuance of the direction is (subject to section 243) to be determined in the same way as if the person were not so detained.