[Lunatic Asylums (Ire)] Act 1842
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Citation | 1842 c. cxxiii |
| Year | 1842 |
ANNO QUI NT O & SEXTO
VICTORLE REGESLE
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C A P. CXXIII.
An Act for amending, until the First Day of
August One thousand eight hundred and forty-
five, and until the End of the then next Session
of Parliament, the Law relating to private
Lunatic Asylums in
Ireland.
[12th August 1842.]
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HERE AS by an Act passed in the Seventh Year of the
Reign of His Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled
An Act for consolidating and amending the Laws relating
to Prisons in Ireland, it is provided that each of the Inspectors 7G.4,c.74»
General thereby directed to be appointed shall once at least in every s.55.
Year go round One of the Circuits in the said Act mentioned, and
visit and inspect (amongst other Places) every Madhouse and Place
where Lunatics or Idiots are confined, whether the same be a public
Establishment, or kept for Profit by any private Individual in or
within such Circuit, and shall report upon the State thereof to the
Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland :
And whereas it is expedient to make further Provision for the
licensing, Regulation, and Inspection of private Lunatic Asylums in
Ireland:
Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent
Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual
and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, Inspectors
and by the Authority of the same, That the Inspectors General of General of
Prisons in Ireland for the Time being appointed under and by virtue be
[nspec-
of the said recited Act shall respectively be Inspectors of Lunatic torsofLuna-
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Oath of
Inspectors
G eneral.
5° & 6° VICTORIA, Cap. 123.
Asylums in
Ireland,
for the Purposes of the said recited Act .and of
this Act, but without any additional Salary or Emolument in respect
of such Office, save for travelling E^pences^ as herein-after provided;
and every such Inspector General is hereby required, so far as he
lawfully can, to enforce the dueExecution of'the said recited Act
and of this Act, and to carry the Provisions of the said recited
Act and of this Act into effect.
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II.
And be it enacted, That each Inspector General ^hall,before
he acts in the Execution of his Duty under this Act, take an Oath to
the following Effect; (that is to say,)
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' I A.B. do swear, That I will discreetly, impartially, and faithfully
' execute all the Trusts committed unto me by virtue of an Act
* passed in the Sixth Year of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen
' Victoria, intituled [insert Title of this Act], and that I will keep
* secret "all-Itiph' Matters'as come to hiy'Knowledge in the Exe-
'. cution of my Office (except when required to divulge the same by
' legal Authority), or so far as I shall feel myself called upon to do
* so for the better Execution of the Duty imposed upon me by this
< Act. So help me GOD,'
• -• •
Which Oath it shall and may be lawful for the Lord Chancellor to
administer to every such Inspector General.
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No Person HI. And be it enacted, That from and after the Commencement
Housed
a °f tbis Act ifc Sha11 n0t ^ /1Awful for
any Person to keep a House for
theURecep- ^e Reception of Two or more Insane Persons in Ireland unless the
tionofin- same shall have been first duly licensed in the Manner directed by
sane Persons this Act; and every Person keeping a House for the Reception of
unless Two or more Insane Persons, not duly licensed, shall be deemed
guilty of a Misdemeanor: Provided always, that no One Licence
shall authorize any Person to keep more than One such House.
Justices of
Peace may
grant Li-
cences.
IV. And be it enacted, That the Justices of the Peace assembled
in General or Quarter Sessions in Ireland shall have Authority to
gran^,
Licences.
(if they shall think fit), in the Manner directed by
this Act for Persons to keep'Houses for the Reception of Tw<? or
more Insane Persons, of .One or both Sexes,- as such Justices shall
think fit, wdthin their respective Counties.
Licences to y. And be it enacted, That every such Licence shall be granted in
be
granted
in
^ianner following, and not otherwise; (that is to say,) every suGh
ourt' Licence shall be granted by the Justices in General
OK-Quarter
Ses-
sions assembled for the County wherein, the, House- sought to be
licensed-shall be.situate, and shall be under the Handstand Seals of
Three or more of the said Justices^ in General or Quarter Sessions
assembled; and every^Pefson who,, shall apply or. intend to apply to
have a House licensed for the Reception of Insane Persons shalLgive
Notice to-the Clerk of the Peace for the County- wherein such House
shall be situate Fourteen''clear Davs at ;the least prior to the? General
or Quarter Sessions where he shall apply for such Licence; which
Notice shall contain the true Ciiristian and Surname and. Place of
Abode of the Person so applying and intending to keep such Housed
9 and
Notice of
Application
for Licence
to be given,
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