Moral Imbeciles
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Moral Imbeciles, 'persons who from an early age display some permanent mental defect coupled with strong vicious or criminal propensities on which punishment has had little or no deterrent effect'; see (English) Mental Deficiency Act, 1913 (3 & 4 Geo. 5, c. 28), s. 1 (d). They constitute one of the four classes of 'defectives' dealt with by the Act.
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