Text-book of forensic medicine and toxicologyBuchanan, R. J. M. (Robert James McLean)
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Text-book of forensic medicine and toxicology
Buchanan, R. J. M. (Robert James McLean)
Medical jurisprudence; Poisons
(_k_) _Strike out this clause in case of a private patient whose
removal is not proposed._
(_l_) _Insert full postal address._
53 Vict. c. 5.--Form 9.]
(_i_) STATEMENT ACCOMPANYING URGENCY ORDER
I certify that it is expedient for the welfare of the said ________
_______________________ (_or_ for the public safety, _as the
case may be_) that the said ____________________________________
should be forthwith placed under care and treatment.
My reasons for this conclusion are as follows: ____________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
4. The said _______________________________________________________
appeared to me to be [‡ _____________] in a fit condition of bodily
health to be removed to an asylum, hospital, or licensed house
(_k_). (‡) Or not to be.
5. I give this certificate having first read the section of the Act
of Parliament printed below.
=Dated= this ________________ day of _________________________
One thousand nine hundred and ______________
(=Signed=) _____________________________
of (_l_) _____________________________
_Extract from section 317 of the Lunacy Act, 1890._
Any person who makes a wilful misstatement of any
material fact in any medical or other certificate,
or in any statement or report of bodily or mental
condition under this Act, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanour.
=Orders after Inquisition.=--This constitutes a legal investigation
as to whether or not a person is capable of managing his or her own
affairs, and whether restraint is necessary. It is conducted before a
judge, with a jury if the alleged lunatic demand one, unless the judge
is satisfied by personal examination that the lunatic is not mentally
competent to understand the demand for a jury. In such a case the
medical man is only concerned as a witness.
According to circumstances the alleged lunatic may be kept under
restraint, or remain at liberty with the control of his or her affairs
under a “Committee of Estate”; or, if declared sane, set free and with
control of his estate.
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