Lunacy Act (with its variations) is a stock
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for legislation relating to mental illness.
List
*The
Lunacy Act 1845
The Lunacy/Lunatics Act 1845 (8 & 9 Vict., c. 100) and the County Asylums Act 1845 (8 & 9 Vict., c. 126) formed mental health law in England and Wales from 1845 to 1890. The Lunacy Act's most important provision was a change in the status of mental ...
The Lunacy (Scotland) Acts 1857 to 1887 was the
collective title of the following Acts:
*The
Lunacy (Scotland) Act 1857 (20 & 21 Vict c 71)
*The
Lunacy (Scotland) Act 1862 (25 & 26 Vict c 54)
*The
Lunacy (Scotland) Act 1868 (29 & 30 Vict c 51)
*The
Criminal and Dangerous Lunatics (Scotland) Amendment Act 1871 (34 & 35 Vict c 55)
*The
Lunacy Districts (Scotland) Act 1887 (50 & 51 Vict c 39)
The Lunacy (Ireland) Acts 1821 to 1890 was the collective title of the following Acts:
[The Short Titles Act 1896, section 2(1) and Schedule 2]
*The
Lunacy (Ireland) Act 1821 (1 & 2 Geo 4 c 33)
*The
Lunacy (Ireland) Act 1826 (7 Geo 4 c 14)
*The
Criminal Lunatics (Ireland) Act 1838
The Criminal Lunatics (Ireland) Act 1838 ( 1 & 2 Vict. c. 27) was an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom, signed into law on 11 June 1838. It was one of the Lunacy (Ireland) Acts 1821 to 1890.The Short Titles Act 1896, section 2(1) and Sched ...
(1 & 2 Vict c 27)
*The
Private Lunatic Asylums (Ireland) Act 1842 (5 & 6 Vict c 123)
*The
Central Criminal Lunatic Asylum (Ireland) Act 1845 (8 & 9 Vict c 107)
*The
Lunatic Asylums (Ireland) Act 1846 (9 & 10 Vict c 115)
*The
Trustee Act 1850 (13 & 14 Vict c 60)
*The
Trustee Act 1852 (15 & 16 Vict c 55)
*The
Lunatic Asylums Repayment of Advances (Ireland) Act 1855 (18 & 19 Vict c 109)
*The
Lunatic Asylums Superannuations (Ireland) Act 1856 (19 & 20 Vict c 99)
*The
Lunacy (Ireland) Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict c 118)
*The
Lunatic Asylums (Ireland) Accounts Audit Act 1868 (31 & 32 Vict c 97)
*The
Lunacy Regulation (Ireland) Act 1871 (34 & 35 Vict c 22)
*The
Private Lunatic Asylums (Ireland) Act 1874 (37 & 38 Vict c 74)
*The
Lunatic Asylums (Ireland) Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict c 67)
*The
Lunactic Asylums Loans (Ireland) Act 1878 (41 & 42 Vict c 24)
*The
Pauper Lunatic Asylums (Ireland) Superannuation Act 1890 (53 & 54 Vict c 31)
See also
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