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(1) A visiting committee shall collaborate with the relevant agency

(a) to ensure that the rights of persons with mental disorder within the community are protected,

(b) to conduct inspections within the region of its responsibility at least once a year with or without prior notice,

(c) to receive and enquire into a complaint preferred by or against an officer, staff or patient of a mental health facility, and

(d) to interview a patient without the presence of an officer of the facility in a public or private mental health facility or an unorthodox centre like a spiritual mental health facility.

(2) A visiting committee shall meet at least once every three months.