Lunacy Regulation (Ireland) Act, 1871

Copies of medical certificates, &c. certifying as to lunacy to be transmitted to registrar.

5 & 6 Vict. c. 123.

30 & 31 Vict. c. 118.

4. The inspectors of lunatic asylums in Ireland shall transmit to the registrar, within two days after receiving the same, copies of all medical certificates hereafter received by them in pursuance of the provisions of the Private Lunatic Asylums (Ireland) Act, 1842, section sixteen; and where any two or more justices shall by warrant direct any persons to be taken to a lunatic asylum in pursuance of the provisions of the Lunacy (Ireland) Act, 1867, section ten, one of such justices shall, within two days after signing the warrant, transmit or cause the clerk of such justices to transmit by post to the registrar a copy of the certificate of the medical officer upon which such warrant was issued.