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LUNACY REGULATION (IRELAND) ACT 1871 - SECT 19

Inquiry not to be carried back, except under special order.

19. The inquiry, whether with or without a jury, shall, as far as relates to
the state of mind of the alleged lunatic, be confined to the question whether
or not the alleged lunatic is of unsound mind and incapable of managing his
person or property at the time of the inquiry, except where [the High Court]
under special circumstances shall direct that there be also an inquiry from
what time the alleged lunatic has been of unsound mind and incapable of
managing his person or property, or shall direct that there be also an inquiry
whether or not the alleged lunatic was of unsound mind and incapable of
managing his person or property at a previous time specified, and thenceforth
down to the time of the inquiry.

S.20 rep. by SLR 1883

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