Mental Treatment Act, 1945
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 Saver in respect of certain sections.  |   
 284.—(1) Each of the following sections shall be a specified section for the purposes of this section:—  | |
(a) sections 17 and 18 of the Lunacy (Ireland) Act, 1821 ,  | ||
(b) sections 2 and 3 of the Criminal Lunatics (Ireland) Act, 1838,  | ||
(c) section 12 of the Central Criminal Lunatic Asylum (Ireland) Act, 1845 ,  | ||
(d) sections 12 and 13 of the Lunatic Asylums (Ireland) Act, 1875 ,  | ||
(e) section 2 of the Trial of Lunatics Act, 1883,  | ||
(f) section 17 of the Criminal Justice Administration Act, 1914 .  | ||
(2) Nothing in this Act shall affect any power exercisable immediately before the commencement of this section under any specified section.  | ||
(3) No power, restriction or prohibition contained in this Act shall apply in relation to a person detained by virtue of any specified section.  |