Lunacy Act information

The Lunacy Act 1845 or the Lunatics Act 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 100) and the County Asylums Act 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 126) formed mental health law in England...

Lunacy Act (with its variations) is a stock short title used in the United Kingdom for legislation relating to mental illness. The Lunacy Act 1845 (8...

The Commissioners in Lunacy or Lunacy Commission were a public body established by the Lunacy Act 1845 to oversee asylums and the welfare of mentally ill...

Treatment Act 1930 and the National Health Service Act 1946. The Lunacy Act 1890 was repealed following World War II by the Mental Health Act 1959. This Act abolished...

The Lunacy Act 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. c. 5) formed the basis of mental health law in England and Wales from 1890 until 1959. It placed an obligation on local...

could possibly be cured. The Lunacy Act 1903 (No.1873) changed the title of all "asylums" to "hospitals for the insane". This Act came into operation in 1905...

The Mental Capacity Act 2005 (c. 9) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom applying to England and Wales. Its primary purpose is to provide...

"Chronological and alphabetical bibliographies of lunacy". studymore.org.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2010. "Idiots Act, 1886". Journal of Mental Science. 33 (141):...

(military men) employed by the British East India Company. The First Lunacy Act (also called Act No. 36) that came into effect in 1858 was later modified by a...

the newly appointed Commissioners in Lunacy were empowered to license and supervise private asylums. The Lunacy Act 1845 was a landmark in the treatment...

the newly appointed Commissioners in Lunacy were empowered to license and supervise private asylums. The Lunacy Act 1845 was an important landmark in the...

registration of motor vehicles. Wild Birds and Animals Protection Act Indian Lunacy Act In March, Lala Har Dayal wrote an article for Modern Review entitled...

The Commissioners in Lunacy for Ireland or Lunacy Commission for Ireland were a public body established by the Lunacy (Ireland) Act 1821 to oversee asylums...

England". 1828 – The Madhouses Act 1828 was enacted in England, and it reconstituted the Metropolitan Commissioners in Lunacy and declared there should be...

Act repealed the Lunacy and Mental Treatment Acts 1890 to 1930 and the Mental Deficiency Acts 1913 to 1938. One of the changes introduced by the Act was...

after the person. The act applied to England and Wales. An equivalent piece of legislation the Mental Deficiency and Lunacy Act (Scotland) 1913 covered...

examined by the commissioners of lunacy, and found to be sane. She was released under Section 75 of the Lunacy Act. In a letter to The Times her father...

that were in contradiction to the efforts of the courts, such as the Lunacy Act 1912. In November 1997, in response to the PILs the Supreme Court directed...

would hold the lands) the actual lunacy or idiocy was determined by a jury, not by an individual judge. Under the Lunacy Act 1845 the lord chancellor had...

be removed from workhouses and prisons. The Lunacy Act 1845 established the Board of Commissioners in Lunacy. Justices were required to build lunatic asylums...

implemented through the Lunacy Amendment Act 1888 and some recommendations were not implemented until proclamation of the Lunacy Act 1903 in 1905. The Commission...

the newly appointed Commissioners in Lunacy were empowered to license and supervise private asylums. The Lunacy Act 1845 made the construction of asylums...

the early 19th century with a large state-led effort. In England, the Lunacy Act 1845 was an important landmark in the treatment of the mentally ill, as...

who could be cured. The Lunacy Act 1903 (No.1873) of changed the title of all "asylums" to "hospitals for the insane". This Act came into operation in...

managed under the provisions of Indian Lunacy Act, 1912. Nowadays it is managed under the provisions of Mental Health Act, 1987. In 1994 it was again renamed...

Wales, the Madhouses Act 1774 originated what later became Metropolitan Commissioners in Lunacy, under the Madhouses Act 1828. The Lunacy Acts 1890–1922 referred...

Unification of the Kingdom of Tonga under Tāufaʻāhau (King George Tupou I). Lunacy Act 1845 passes through Parliament. Texas annexed by the United States and...

commissioner of lunacy—an appointment annually renewed until his election as one of the Commissioners in Lunacy constituted by the Lunacy Act 1845. He resigned...