Section 1
This Act may be cited as the Lunacy Act.
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Lunacy Act is Brunei Act, cited as Act 48 1984, currently marked repealed and first recorded in 1984.
CAP. 48 1
REVISED EDITION 1984
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LUNACY
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Opening note
This Act may be cited as the Lunacy Act.
Any police officer may arrest or cause to be arrested any person found wandering at large whom he has reason to believe to be a lunatic who is dangerous or unfit to be at large.
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Any police officer who has reason to believe that any person is a lunatic and is not under proper care and control or is cruelly treated or neglected by any relative or other person having charge of him, shall immediately report the fact to a magistrate.
When any person is brought before a magistrate under the provisions of section 2 the magistrate shall ex-amine such person, and if he thinks that there are grounds for proceeding further, shall cause him to be examined by a medical officer and may make such other inquiries as he thinks fit; and if the magistrate is satisfied that such person is a lunatic and a proper person to be detained, he may, if the medical officer who has examined such person gives a medical certificate with regard to such person, make a re-ception order for the admission of such lunatic into a mental hospital.
Provided that if any friend or relative desires that the
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lunatic be sent to a licensed mental hospital and engages in writing to the satisfaction of the magistrate to pay the cost of 4of 1929
section 28 9of 1948
(Cap. 48of 1951)
Short title
Power to arrest 3
Person not under proper care or control
Power of magistrate to make inquiries and make orders
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Power of magistrate where relative or other person has charge of lunatic
Power to detain pending medical report
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Lunacy maintenance of the lunatic in a specified licensed mental hospital, and if the person in charge of such mental hospital consents the magistrate shall make a reception order for the admission of the lunatic into that licensed mental hospital:
Provided further that if any friend or relative of the luna-tic enters into a bond with or without sureties in the form prescribed for such sum of money as the magistrate thinks fit, conditioned that such lunatic shall be properly taken care of and shall be prevented from doing injury to himself or to others, the magistrate, instead of making a reception order, may if he thinks fit make him over to the care of such friend or relative.
If on the report of a police officer or the sworn information of any other person it appears to a magistrate that any person within the limits of his jurisdiction is a luna-tic and is not under proper care and control or is cruelly treated or neglected by any relative or other person having the charge of him, the magistrate may cause the alleged lunatic to be produced before him, and may summon to appear before him such relative or other person or any per-son who is legally bound to maintain the alleged lunatic.
If such relative or any such other person is legally bound to maintain the alleged lunatic, and, if such relatives, or any such other person wilfully neglects to comply with the said order, the magistrate may sentence him to imprison-ment for one month.
If there is no person legally bound to maintain the alleged lunatic or if the magistrate thinks fit so to do, he may order the alleged lunatic to be brought before him and may deal with him under section 4.
When any person alleged to be a lunatic is brought before a magistrate under the provisions of section 2 or 5 ( 1), the magistrate may by an order in writing authorise his detention is suitable custody for such time not exceeding
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Provided that no person shall be detained in accordance with the provisions of this section for a total period exceed-ing 30 days from the date on which he was first brought before the magistrate.
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