Lunacy Act 1847 (SA)

No. 2.

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WHEREAS it is expedient t o amend and extend the provisions Preamble. '

of the undermentioned Ordinance-

Pie IT TIJEREFORE ENACTED, by the Govcrnor of South Australia,

with the advice and consent of tho Legislatire Council thereof,

i	"id Ordinancc as is not hereby rcpenlcd shall be construed here-
with as one A C ~.

That from and after thc passing llereof, so mnch of an Ordinance

passed on the Fifteenth day of August, one thousand ei&t hundred	pert repealed.
NO. 10, 1844. in
and hrty-four, intituled *' An Ordmance to make provlslon for the "Safe Custody of, and Prevention of Offences by, Persons danger- " ~ u s l y insane, and for the Care and Blnintennnce of Persons of " Unsound Mind," as provides that in addition to the five Visitors to be appointed in manner therein mentioned, two others sliall be alllludly appointed by the Legislative Council of South Australia, shall be and the same is hereby repealed; and that such part of the

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Visitors to be ap-	11. Aso BE IT ENACTBD,	that all Visitors of Lunatic Asylums,
pointed by the Go-

vernor only.	under the provisions of the recited Ordinance, shnll be nominated
and appointed by the Governor; and that the number of Visitors so to be appointed shall not exceed five for each such Lunatic Asylum.

Every appointment	IIT, A m BE IT EXACTED,	that every appointment of any Public
of Asylums, Super-

intendents, and Vi-	Colofiial Lunatic Asylum, and of any Superintendent or person
sitors to be notified
in the Gazette,	having the charge thereof, and of any Visitors which shall be made
in pursuance of the said recited Ordinance or this Ordinance, shall
as soon as convenient be notified in the South Australian Govern-
ment Gazette.

Poor Persons to bc	IV. AXD BE IT EKACTED,	that every Public Colonial' Lunatic
first accoa~modated
'in asylums, h other

insane persons PC-	Asylum slid1 in tlie first place be appropriated to the reception of
cording to the nc-	poor insane persons whose estate and friends are unable to bear the
cornmodation.	expense of their maintenance, ailcl of persons ordered to be removed thereto from any public gaol or prison under the provisions of thc recited Ordinance, and of dangerous lunatics ordcred to bc confined
recover in respect of
Superinteadent may	therein uuder the provisions of the same Ordinance; and in the
nest place, so far as the means of acco~~~modation therein will es-
the maintenapce of
such persons.	tend, t o the reception of other insanc persons, in respect of whom some relative, guardian, friend, or comnlittee may ngrae with the Superintendent of the asylum for his maintenance whilst detained therein, as mentioned in the recited Ordinance, the amount of x-hich maintenance shall and may be recovered by such Superintendent suing in his own name, from the person so agreeing with him.

Insane persons may V. AND iw IT EXACTED, that (csceyt in so far as otllerwisc er-

Be rcccived into u i

Lunatia Asylum ou p+essly provided) no person not being n pauper or destitute person l

an order and medi- sl~nll be received into m y l'ublie Colonial Lunatic Asylum np-

aal ctlrtifiaate. l l

pointed by the Governor for the reception of iilsa~lc persoils in the l

Province, without an order under the lia~td of the pcrson by whasc

directions such iosnnc ycrson is sent, r~llich order s11d1 be accorcl i~l~ I

to the form in Schedule A annexed to this Ordi~~nnce,	and in nilich	t	G
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sl~all be stated the Christian and surname, and place of abode, and

tlie degree of relationsliip or other circumstance of connection Lc-	3
trvcen such person and the insane pcrson, and the truc name, age,	f
place of residence, former occupatio~i, and the asylum or other plaec
(if any) in wllicli tllc insane person s l d linva been prcriously con-
fined, and whethcr such person sllall lime been found lunatic or of	r 7 i
unsound mild by inquisition; nor shall any such person bc rcceirrd	ti
into any such asylum without such n nlcdical certificate as hcrcin-
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after d i rec td; and if any person shall knowingly and'wilfully receive any insane person, or yersorls reprcscnteil or ollcgcd to bc .

insane, t o bc taken care of or c o ~ ~ f i w i ia any such lunatic asylum, l

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~~i t l lou t such order and medical certificate, every person so offending

shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeapor.

VI. AND m IT ENACTED, that every medical certificate upon Medical C~ttificate of Jnranity.

which any such order shall be given for the confinement of any

person (not being a pauper or destitute person) in such lunatic ;~sylum under this Ordinance, shall be according to the form in Sclicdule B annexed to this Ordinance, and slzall be signed by two ~ilcdical practitioners not being in partnership, a i d each of t h c a being leg$ly qualified medical practitioners, who shall have sepa- r:~tely vislted and personally cxaminccl the patient to ~vhotn it, relates not more than seven clear days previous to such confiament,

and. such certificate shall be sisned and dated on the day on which

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he s l d have been so examined, aiid sliall state that snch person is of uniound mind and proper to be confined; and cvery such certi- ficate for the confinement of any person in such lunztic asylum under this Ordinance shall, if the same be not sig:ted by two medical pnctitioncrs, state the special circwnstnnce zrrllicll shall 11ave prc- vcrrted the patient being visited by two ineclical practitioners; and

p i~ t i cn t may, under such spccinl circumstances, be adrni tied into

a n y such 1un:ltic asylum upon the certificate of one lnediral pac t i -

ticker, provided such certificate sllall be further signed by son^ otller

such ~nctiicnl practitioner within seven days nest after tltc nclnlission .'

of such patient in to any such asylum as afol csaid; and any p r s o n ers sons ~ a ~ u t i t m i i ~ -

i n i n ~ fnlsc eer..

who shall linowiogly and with intention to deceive, sign airy such 7 rficutr ' g t n be ~ u i i t f

inedical certificate, untruly setting forth any of the particulars re- ~f ~ i s d m e. w r.

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quirecl by this Ordinance, sllall be decrnetl guilty of a misdcnlcxnor: &Icdical IJlaeiitirta- &'gn

~ ' I ~ O Y I I ) E ~ ALWAYS that no such medical p&ctitfoncr s h l l sign any Vs t ~ f i cnirs ofad~liss i~t i

certificate of admission of n patient to m y such luilatic nsylunl who

if i a w e w d,

is wholly or partly the proprietor or the regular profcssiond i~ttctr-

dant of such lunatic nsy lnm, nor s l d l any merlienl practitioner sign

ilny certificate for the reception of a paticnt illto any such ssylum

of which his father, son, brother, or partner is wholly or in-part

proprietor or the regular professional attendant, on pain of being

(lecmcd guilty of a misdemcanor.

VII. A m BE IT I ~ I C T E D, that (enccpt in so far as otheri~isc ex- ~ ~ P & ~ ~ ~ $ ~ ~ ~

1)ressl~ providcd) no pauper or destitute lunatic shell be received ud~uissabie.

illto any nsyluin for the reception of insane persons rvithout :m

order according to the form in Schcdule C mnescd to this Ordi-

IWICQ, under the hand of one Justicc of the Pence. ancl also n medi- ,

cal certificate according to the form in Scltcdi~lc I) imnexed to this I'i

(-)rdi~j:mce, s i pcd by one legally qualified medical ~ m c t i tioner, that ti

pauper or destitutc person 1s insane, and a proper Llcrson to bc I

"oufined, and destitute of the means of support or maintenance;

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"ld if any persQn shall knowinsly aud ~rilfully receive any pauper or

destitute

destitute person ~ q ~ r e s e n t e d or alleged to be insane into any lunatic asylum, without such o r h r and medical certificate, every person so offendirrg shall be deemed guilty of a misderneanor.

Entry to benlad0 VIII. And in order tha t the said Visitors may know when any

within two days

rha admic #ion of every ~ 8 - patient is received into any such Lunatic Asylum for the reception 1

of insane persons, &E IT ENACTED, that the Superintendent of every 3

ticnt.	such Asylum shall keep a Book of Entry of all persons received thercin as insane; in the form of Schedule E hereto snnexkd, and
shall, within the space of two clear days next after the day on which
any person shall hnvc been received into such asylum, make duc entry in such book of all the particulars in the said Schedule mentioned; and every Superintendent of any such Asylum who shall knowingly and wilfully neglect so to do shall be deemed guilty of a misdcmezlnor.

like elltry to he made on the re- 1X. AND BE IT ENACTED, that whenever any patient confined in

ZIIOV.?~ or death of any asylum for the reception of insane persons shall be removed a patient. thercfroin, or slrdl die, the Su~erintendent of such asvlunl shall.

within tm; clear days next after 'such removal or death i;l like man-

ner make due entry thereof; and in cases of removal shall state by

whom removed, and in what state of mind such person shall have been when removed, and (if within his knowledge) to what place re- moved; and every Superintendent of any such asylum who shall knowingly and wilfully neglect so to do shall be deemed ggilty of

a inisdemeanor.

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btatornel~t of nu-	X.	AND BE IT ENACTED,	that in case of the death of a pauper or
per pationis dying

to bc destitute patient in any asylum, rz statement of the cause of the

to the ~olonial	Se- death of such patient shall be drawn up and signed by the medical '
cretnry.

attendant of such asylum, and a copy thereof, duly certified by the ,

Superintendent of such asylum, shnll be by him transmitted to the

Colonial Secretary within two clear ,day S of the death of such pntien t: .

and every mcrlical irttcnclnnt or Snpcrintcndcnt, who sl~all knowingly i

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or wilfdly lq,$cet to i!r;~w up, sign,. or tri~nsinit such ststciur~rt ns I,

aforesaid, s l d l respcctivcly on convrction thcreof, forfci t and pay

the sum of Ten pounds.

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Plan of Asylum to XI. AND BB IT ENACTED, that there shall be hung up in some E

hc hung up, nnd	con~picuous part of every such asylum n plan of sticll asylum, and
copy of Ordinance

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kept ; and at each	therc shall also bcl icpt in	ovcry such nsylum n copy of tllc recitrd
visitation minutee to

be made of tbe con-	Ordinance and this Ordinance bound up in a book, in which book
dition of asylum,	the said Visitors are hereby required, at every such visitation, to , g I
make minutes in writing of the condition of mch asylum, as to the rl
care of the patients thercin, and all such other particulars as tlwy - shall think deserving of their notice, together with their obserra-

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tions thereupon; and thc said Visitors shall transmit a copy of such minutes and of the Book of Entry kept in such a6y-

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,	lum, at least once in every Quarter of s Year, to the Colonial
!	Secrcta ry.
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XII. AND BE rr ENACTED, that if the Superintendent of any Concealing porsnna

Lunatic Asylum shall freudulently conceal or attempt to conceal ~; , $ ~ ' c ~: i ~

1	;my part of such nsylum or premises, or any person detained there-	d ~ = a n ~ r.
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:	i n as	insane, from any s u d ~	Visitors, or from any medical or other
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.	person authorised un(ier the provisions of this Ordinance to visit
:d il~spect any such Lunatic Asylum and the patients confinod

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tliercin, every pcrson so offending shall be deemed guilty of a mis-

: dcrneauor.

SIII. AsD BB IT ENACTED, that if any person shnll ayply to the I, ,,,, inluiir

S~ipcrintendent in ordcr to be informed whether any particular met l l e f any paro ~ I C U ~ R; patient i~ in

p r m n is confined in m y such asylum, such Superintendent is conf inemPot, t~ .+~u

llereby reqnired to inform the person so applying whether the prrintrodent S M firnish the iafor-

l)crmO;l so iinquircd after is or has been confil~ec1 in sucll asylum, and rnation,

(if rrqoircd, and on p a p c o t of Threepence for every folio con- i:~ining scvcn ty- tw words copying fees) to furnish B copy of the

ordcr and medical certificates upon whirl1 such pcrson ~ i i s received

illto s l ~ c l ~ asylun1.

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SIV. AND GC IT ESACTCD, that until provision shall be made for No person t n n r r i r ~

:hc l i cc~~s i l~g of private I m n t i c Asylums, 110 person (except he bc any insane person into any hawe rmt

;i gonrdinu or relative not deriving any property from the charme bcinp an irylurn.

or n conmittee appointed by the Supreme Court) shall, under pain medical oertilcrtrs ' wlihont on order R I I ~

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of being deemed guilty o f n misdemeunor, receive to board or lodge

in any house not being n public Colonial Lunatic Asylum, or take

,	the care or charge of any i~lsnne person, nncier rcstmint, without first Ilaving the like order and meclicol certificates as are required on the nll~nission of all insa~ie pcrson (not being ;i ynuper or destitute person) into n Public Imwtic A syluw, nor slndl so
nial Imlatic Asylom) more t lnn one sucll insiinc person urlder reccivc or kccp in iLlly such house (aoL being n Public Colo-
rcstrnint.

XV. AND BE IT ENACTED, that if arly Superintendent, officer, ~ i t f a l .au.. or ill. 1'

nurse, attendant, servant, or other person employerl in any gaol, t?~mentOrne~lcct of a pticnt tn be a l

asylum, or private housc wllerein any lunatic is confined, shall in u i i, a c m a u o ~

any way wilfully abuse or ill-treat any patient confined therein, or	9
shall wilfully ncglect any such patient, he shall be deemed guilty of	PP

' ;.	n nhdemeanor; and that in the event of the release of m y person
from confinement in any gaol, asylum, or private l ~ ~ u s e, who shall t

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consider himself to have been' unjustly confined, a copy of the cer- tificates and order upon which he has been confined shall at his request be furnished to him or to his Attorney, without any fee or reward for the same,

Superintendentwith XVI. AND BE IT ENACTED, that i t shall be lawful for the Superin-

conrent of two Vi-	sirore, may or tendent of any asylum, with the consent in writing of any two of
place for h18 health sendapatiq?ttoan~ the Visitors, to send or take, under proper c-ontrol, any patient to

any specified placc for ally definite time for the benefit of his health:

PROVIDED ALWAYS, NEVERTHELESS, that before any such consent as

aforesaid sllall be given by any T'isitnrs the approval in writing of the person who sipled the order for the reception of such patient, or by whom the l;& payment on account of such patient &S made, shidl be produced to sudl Visitors, unless they sllall, on cause bein;

shown, dispense with the same.

Visitnrs may dis.	XVII.	AXD BE IT ENACTED,	that in any case where application
charge a lunatic on

the undertaking of	shall be made to the Visitors of any gaol or asylum by any rela-
a relative or friend
that he shall be no	tive or friend of a pauper lunntic coufined therein (such lunntic not
and ehall be taken
longer chargeebye,	being convicted of or charged with any crime), requiring thdt he
care of.	may be delivered over to the custody and care of such relative or friend, i t shall be lawful for any three Visitors, if they shall think
fit, and upon the undertaking in writing of such relative or friend
to the satisfiction of such Visltors that such lunatic shall be pro- perly taken care of, and shall be prevented from doing injury to
himself or otllers, to discharge such lunatic. +.

Governor, or the	XVIII. PRO~IDED	ALWAYS AND m IT ENACTED,	that i t shnll nntl
Supreme Cntirt, or

nny Judge hereof,	inay be lawful for tllc Governor, or the Supreme Court, or nnv
may order Vieitation
of prtienlr, &c.	Judge tlwreof, if Ire or they shall think fit, at any time by an ord&
directed to any Visitor or other officer or person, to require the said Visitor, olliccr, or pcrson to visit and csmirinc iiny gaol or nsylum
or i I l l Y ~ C I ' S C ~ col~filwd ns 1111 ill~allc ~ C ~ ' Y O I \ 01' ~ h o ~ 1 1 ~ 1 1 h! 1111(1~r
rcstrni~rt in tlrc cnro of any kecpcr, gnartli:ln, or rcliltivc, or of nny other person, and to mdce a rcport to the Governor, or t l ~ snitl Court, or any Judge thereof, of such matters ns they shall be di- rected to inquire int& And it shall in like manner bc i a ~ f ~ l l for the Governor, Court, or Judge respectively aforesaid, to make such orders for the correction or reformation of any abuse or neglect in any such nsylum, or respecting the treatment of any patient therein,

Butnot patiente uno as to thein respectively shall seem fit: PROVIDED ALWAYS that the

der a Committee, Governor shall have no authority under this Ordinance to order a

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visitation or examination of any patient under the care of rr Com-

mittee appointed by the Supreme Court.

XIX. PRGVIDED ALWAYS, AND BE IT ENACTED, that if any Judge J a d p p r y order pemoar oonfined as

of the Supreme Court shall receive any information upon oath, or uasties to be

otheraise, or shall have any reason or cause to suspect that any bmughtbefore thea for e r d o a -

person of sound mind is confined in any Lunatic Asylum within tie,,,

the said Province, such Judge shall have full power and authority

to cause the Superintendent or keeper of such Lunatic Asylum, by

an)' warrant or order to be issued by him, directed to swh Super-

intendent or keeper, to bring such confined person before him for examination, a t a time to be specified in sach warrant or order; and

if upon the examination of such confined person, or of any medical or

other witness who inav be called to testify before such Judge as to the

supposed sanity or insanity of such confiied person, i t skdl be made And ifhand be

to appear to the satisfaction of such Judge that such confined per- o ~ ~ o u ~ ~ mina,may .

son is of sound mind, i t shall be thereupon lawful for such Judge,	~ ~ m h ~ $ ~ ~ = l p L
upon the oath or affirmation of such wltness (which oath or affirma- tibn such Judge is hereby authorised and erndowered to administer),
and hc is hereby required to direct such confined person to be
immediately discharged 'from the custody of the Superintendent or keeper of such Lunatic Asylum, unless he 'shall be detained therein for some other cause by due process of Law.

X. And for the better enabling the Visitors executing this Vinimn may sum-

Ordinance to inquire into the several matters and things by this .hall be s n b j ~ r mon witnesseii, wh .

Ordinance referred to them, BE IT ENACTED, that it shall be lawful pendt~ for nc~lec*

to and for any two Visitors, one of whom shall not be n medical

practitioner, from time to time, as they shall see occasion, t o

require, by summons (according to the form in Schedule F annexed.

to this Ordinance), any person to appear before them to testify he

truth toucliing any matters relating to the execution of the powers

given by this Ordinance, on oath or affirmation, which oath or +

affirmation the said Visitors are hereby empowered to administer; and

every persou 1~rho shall not appear before the said Visitors pursuant

to such summons, without assigninn some reasonable excuse for n o t, appearing, or appearing shd1 refuse to be sworn or esamined, e

shall on conviction for every such neglect or refusal, forfeit and pay a penalty not exceeding Fifty pounds nor less than Ten pounds.

=I. AXD wHensAs it is just that, persons of sufficient ability sane Re'atiresof person6 poor liable in"

s h d d bc con~pelled to maintain in part or in whole, their puorer r or their mainten-

relatives who may be confii~ed in a Lunatic Asylum, Be IT ENACTED, ance*

that all the provisions, powers, and nutliorities mndo and given by the Ordinance passed on the fourteenth da*y of February, One

.:L Tllousand, Eight Hundred and Fa'srty-three, intituled '(An Act to

'' Provide for the Maintenance and Helief of Destitute Wives and .

Children

Children, and other Destitute Persons, and to make the Property

"of Ilusbilnds and other near Relatives to whose assistance they

" llavc a natural claim in certain circutnstances available for their

*' Support" shall bc deemed and construed to extend t o the case of poor persons confined in any Public Lunatic Asylum, whether such

' poor persons arc confined as dangerous lunatics or olherwise:

PROVIDED that where by the said Ordinance it is directed, that con+

plaints may be made by any reputable Householder, such col~iplaint

map bc made by the Superintendent of the Lunatic Asylum wherein

such poor person may be confined.

lanction XXII. AXD BE 11. ENACTER, that notwithstanding anything in the

required to appha-

tiona where no juri. erecited Ordinance contained, the sanction in writing by a Judge of

cial proeeedin~s* the Supreme Conrt for the reception of an insnne person into any

Lunatic Asylum, sliall not be necessary, in respect of any personwho shall not hare been found lunatic or insane, by some proceeding had

Proviso. Nottoaf- ill the said Court, or before some Judge thereof: PROVIDED	A L l r A r s
lect exiblin,rr jurib-

diction that nothing herein contained shall be construed to take away, or interfere with the jurisdiction and powers of the Supwnle Court.

s ~ +. ~ f in6aDe*wiwn SXIII. A R D BE IT ENACTED, that wl~en any person, wlio shnll be

ind~cted for any

offence.	indicted for any offence, shall be iasnne, and upon s r r a i p n e n t sl~nll
be found by a, jury, i:npannelled for that purpose, to be insane, so

40 G m 111. c. 94. t ha t he cannot be tried, or when upon the trial he sliall be found to be insane, theqCourt may record such finding, and order the party to be kept in strict custody until her Majesty's pl~nsnre shdl be Iino~un; and if any person, cl~nrgcd with any ofThce, sllnll be brought before any Court to be cliscliargcd for want of prosecution, and such person shall appear to be insnne, the Court may order a jury to be impnnnellcd to try ths sanity of s u d i person; and if the jury iincl l h l to bc ilw111~, tlic Court ~ y y orb S W ~ I JIPCSOII to be

kcpl in s tr id, cnstculy, in such place rind r;\lch i w w r ns to tl~cnl

sllnll sccnl fit, uutil I w hllrjcsty's l h ~ s u r c shrill Lo nliitlo kmwrr;

and in all cases of ii~snuity llcr Majesty may give sncll ordcr for the safe custody of such person during her pleasure in such placc

and manner as to her Majesty sllall seem fit.

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Iiecovery of penn1- XX'IV, AND m IT ENACTED, tllc2.t all Fines and Penalties levicd or

Gee. inourred under this Ordinance, may be recovered before two Justices of the Peace, and every party aggrieved sllall be entitled to appeal

'.	in manner and form respectively provided by the laws of the Province for regulating summary proceedi~s betore Justices of the
Peace. ,t.'

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SXV. AID BE IT ENACT~D, that all Fines and Penalties levied Appmpriatioa

under this Ordinance shall be paid tn the Colonial Treasurer on

Lcl~alE of her Majesty, her Heirs, and Successors, for the Public ushs of the Province and support of the Government thereof.

FREDK. K ROBE,

Lieutenant-Governor,.

W. L. @HALLORAN,

Clerk of Council.

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Statement and Order to be annexrd to the Medical c~&$c~uI, autboriring the rrception

of an Insarie Person.

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The patient's true christian and surname

at full length

The pkient's age

Married or single

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The paiient's previous occupation (if any)

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The patient's previous place of abode

The Asylum or other place (if any) in

which the patient was before confined

Whether found lunatic by inquisition, l

and date (if any)

Special circumstance (if any) which shall prevent the patient being examined by two medical practitioners

Special rircum&nce (if any) which ex- 60

ists to prevent the insertion of any of

the above particulsrs. t l r c

Upon the autliority of t. 1 ~ above statement, and the annexed medical certificates,

f xequcsl you will receive the above-named lu a patient into the Asy- 1s 4

lum unclcr your charge.-I am, Sir, 3 f t l

Your obedient servant,	Lt:
lny
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Occupation (if any) ..............................:....... xu

Place of abode ............................................

Degree of relationship (if auy) to the insane person .............

T03li	............
Superinteudent or keeper of. ...........

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SCHEDULE

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Fwm of AI edicol %ert$cates,

I, the undersigned, hereby certify, that I separately visited and personally examined .

the person named in the aunexed statement and order, on the

day of one thousand eight hundred and and

that the said is o f unsound mind, and a proper person to be confined.

(Signed) Name ......... :. ........................

Legally qualified Medical Practitioner ........

Place of abode,. ..........................

I, the undersigned, hereby certify, that I separately visited and personally examined

the person named in the annexed statement and order, on the

day of one thousand eight I~undred and and that the said

is of unsound mind, and aproper person to be confiued.

(Signed)	Name ..................................
Legally qualified Ifedical Practitioner ........
Place of abode., ..........................
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Form of Order by Justice of Peace i n cases of Pauper or Destitute Lunatics.

SUCTII AUSTRALIA, WI~EREAS i t appear3 to me, of her Majesty's Justices of

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the Peace in and for the said Provi~ce, having called to my assistance, Mr

that

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is of unsoundmind, and that is destitute of the means of support or m~intenanre

you are hereby directed to cause the said to

Ite conveyed to the Lunatic Asylum a t Given under

m y hand and seal this	day of	one thousand eight h i ~ ~ h
dred and

(L.S.)

To the '

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SCHEDULE

I do hereby certify, that by the directions of Justice of the Peace,

in and for the Province of South Australia, I have personally examined the said

and that the said is of unsound mind.

Dated this day of one thousana' eight hundred and

(Signed) j" Legally qualified (Medical Practitioner.

SCHEDULE

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Farm of Summons.

W e whose names are hereunto set and seals affixed, Visitors appointed under and by

virtue of the Ordinance in that behall

do hereby summon and require you personally to appear before us at

on next, the

day of at the hour of in the noon of the

33me day, and then md there to be examined, and testify the truth touching certain

matters relating to the execution of the Ordinauces providing for the Care and Main-

:cir~nce of Persons of Unsound Mind.

Given under our hands and seals, this	day of	in the year
(L. S.)
(L.S.)

of our Lonl Onc Thouwnd Eight Hundred and ,