Lunacy Act, 1890

Removal of lunatic in a hospital or licensed house by guardians.

61.—(1) The authority liable for the maintenance of a pauper lunatic detained in a hospital or licensed house may make an order for the removal of the lunatic [1 to the workhouse of the union to which the lunatic is chargeable, or, if the lunatic is chargeable to a county or borough, to the workhouse of the union from which he was sent to the hospital or licensed house] and may direct the mode of removal.

(2) Upon production to the manager of the hospital or house of a copy of the order he shall forthwith remove the patient or suffer him to be removed.

[S. 62 rep. 54 & 55 Vict. c. 65, s. 29.]

[1 Words in brackets added by 54 & 55 Vict. c. 65, s. 11.]