LUNACY ORDINANCE, 1906

LUNACY ORDINANCE, 1906

1906. -
No. 1 of 1906, incorporated in No. 1 of 1845, repealed
by No. 40 of 1932.
No. 2 of 1906, incorporated in No. 3 of 1890, repealed
by No. 41 of 1932.

No. 3 of 1906.

An Ordinance relating to the jurisdiction of the Supreme
Court with respect to the care and commitment of the
custody of the persons and estates of lunatics.

[1st june, 1906.]

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Lunacy Ordinance,
1906.

2. In this Ordinance and in the Lunacy Act, 1890
(hereinafter called the Act) in so far as it is applied to the Colony
by this Ordinance-
(a) ' Great Seal ' in the Act shall be interpreted to include
the seal of the Suprerne Court, and the provisions of the Act
with respect to the Lord Chancellor or the Court of Chancery
or any judge in England shall be interpreted to include the
said Supreme Court in its equity jurisdiction and the judges
thereof; and every officer (however designated) of the said
Supreme Court or judge thereof having or executing functions
of the like kind or analogous to the functions of any officer
(however designated) acting under the direction of the said Lord
Chancellor, of the Court of Chancery or of any judge in England
shall be deemed to be within the meaning of any of the provisions
of the Act respecting such last-mentioned officers;
(b) ' Lunatic ' means an idiot or person of unsound mind;
(c) ' The Treasury ' in section 148 of the Act shall be
interpreted to include the Governor in Council.

See also Lunacy (Payment of Public Allowances) Ordinance, No. 27 of 1935.

3. The Supreme Court in relation to the persons and estates
of lunatics shall have, in addition to the powers conferred upon
it by the Supreme Court Ordinance, 1873, such jurisdiction as
may be exercised in England by the Lord Chancellor or other
judge or judges of the Supreme Court of judicature under the
provisions of the Act or any Act amending the same.

4. The forms contained in the Schedules to the Act may be
used in the Colony in the cases to which they respectively have
reference with such variations and additions as circumstances may
require.
[Originally No. 3 of 1906.] Short title. Interpretation. 53 Vict. C. 5. Jurisdiction of Supreme Court. Ordinance No. 3 of 1873. Forms.

[Originally No. 3 of 1906.] Short title. Interpretation. 53 Vict. C. 5. Jurisdiction of Supreme Court. Ordinance No. 3 of 1873. Forms.

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