Lunacy Act, 1890

Transmission of inquisition and Supersedeas to Ireland and England.

107. Where it is desired that an inquisition taken, or a writ of supersedeas issued in England or Ireland, should be acted upon in Ireland or England, the proper officer may, under order of the Judge in Lunacy in England, or the Lord Chancellor for the time being entrusted by the Sign Manual of Her Majesty with the care and commitment of the custody of the persons and estates of lunatics in Ireland, as the case may be, transmit a transcript of the record of the inquisition, or of the writ, to the Registrar in Lunacy in Ireland or the High Court in England, as the case may be, which transcript shall thereupon be entered and be of record there respectively, and shall, when so entered of record, and if and so long only as the Lord Chancellor entrusted as aforesaid in Ireland and the Judge in Lunacy in England, as the case may be, thinks fit, be acted upon by them respectively, and be of the same validity and effect, to all intents and purposes, as if the inquisition had been taken or the writ issued in Ireland or England respectively.