Health and Mental Treatment Act, 1957

Short title, collective citations and commencement.

3.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Health and Mental Treatment Act, 1957.

(2) The Health Acts, 1947 to 1954, and section 1 of this Act may be cited together as the Health Acts, 1947 to 1957.

(3) The Mental Treatment Act, 1945 (No. 19 of 1945), section 71 of the Health Act, 1953 (No. 26 of 1953), the Mental Treatment Act, 1953 (No. 35 of 1953), and section 2 of this Act may be cited together as the Mental Treatment Acts, 1945 to 1957.

(4) This Act shall come into operation on such day as the Minister for Health appoints by order.