Mental Treatment Act, 1961
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Application of Principal Act in relation to certain persons. |
38.—(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 10 of the Lunatic Asylums (Ireland) Act, 1875 , any person referred to in that section shall, from and after the expiration of his sentence, be regarded and treated in all respects as if he were received into the district mental hospital as a person of unsound mind under the provisions of the Principal Act and the Acts amending that Act, and those provisions shall apply in relation to him accordingly. | |
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 12 of the Lunatic Asylums (Ireland) Act 1875 , any person removed pursuant | ||
to that section shall be regarded and treated in all respects as if he were received into the district mental hospital as a person of unsound mind under the provisions of the Principal Act and the Acts amending that Act, and those provisions shall apply in relation to him accordingly. |