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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Lunacy Act, 1912 Section 36

ORDER TO JUSTIFY DETENTION AND RE-CAPTURE AFTER ESCAPE Every person received into an asylum under any such order as is

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Lunacy Act, 1912 Section 36 is part of Lunacy Act, 1912 - ORDER TO JUSTIFY DETENTION AND RE-CAPTURE AFTER ESCAPE Every person received into an asylum under any such order as is. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

SECTION 36: ORDER TO JUSTIFY DETENTION AND RE-CAPTURE AFTER ESCAPE Every person received into an asylum under any such order as is required by this Act, may be detained therein until he is removed or discharged as authorised by law, and in case of escape may, by virtue of such order, be re-taken by any police-officer or by the person in charge of-such asylum, or any officer or servant belonging thereto, or any other person authorised in that behalf by the said person in charge, and conveyed to and received and detained in such asylum: Provided that in the case of a lunatic not being a criminal lunatic or a lunatic in respect of whom a reception order has been made under section 12-, the power to retake such escaped lunatic under this section shall be exercisable only for a period of one month from the date of his escape.

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What does Lunacy Act, 1912 Section 36 provide?

Section Section 36 of the Lunacy Act, 1912 (ORDER TO JUSTIFY DETENTION AND RE-CAPTURE AFTER ESCAPE Every person received into an asylum under any such order as is) 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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