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LUNACY REGULATION (IRELAND) ACT 1871 - SECT 17

Order of High Court or certificate of judge to be deemed an inquisition.

17. When [the High Court] shall, by any order to be made in the matter of an
alleged lunacy, declare that the alleged lunatic is of unsound mind and
incapable of managing himself or his property, and has been so from a time
past, or, on the contrary, certify that the alleged lunatic is of sound mind
and capable of managing himself and his property, ..., such order to be made
in the matter of the alleged lunacy as aforesaid, or such certificate, when
filed in [the Office of Care and Protection], shall be and be deemed to be an
inquisition, and be of the same force and effect to all intents and purposes,
and be proceeded upon in the same manner in all respects as an inquisition
taken upon the oath of a jury under a special commission of inquiry issued by
[the High Court] in the matter of the alleged lunatic.

S.18 rep. by 1959 c.72 s.120 sch.4


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