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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Lunacy Act, 1912 Section 4

RECEPTION OF PERSONS IN ASYLUM. 14

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Lunacy Act, 1912 Section 4 is part of Lunacy Act, 1912 - RECEPTION OF PERSONS IN ASYLUM. 14. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

1) No person other than a criminal lunatic or a lunatic so; found by inquisition shall be received or detained in an asylum without' a reception order save as provided by sections 8-,16 -and98 -:

Provided that any person in charge of an asylum may, with the consent of two of the visitors of such asylum, which consent shall not be given except upon a written application from the intending boarder receive and lodge as a boarder in such asylum any person who is desirous of submitting himself to treatment.

(2) A boarder received in an asylum under the proviso to sub- section (1) shall not be detained in the asylum for more than twenty- four hours after he has given to the person in charge of the asylum notice in writing of his desire to leave such asylum.

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Section Section 4 of the Lunacy Act, 1912 (RECEPTION OF PERSONS IN ASYLUM. 14) is reproduced on this page as part of the Lunacy Act, 1912. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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