Lunacy Act, 1890

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Boarders in licensed houses.

229.—(1) The manager of a licensed house may, with the previous consent in writing of two of the Commissioners, or, where the house is licensed by justices, of two of the justices, receive and lodge as a boarder for the time specified in the consent any person who is desirous of voluntarily submitting to treatment; after the expiration of which time (unless any further consent is in like manner given for the extension thereof) he shall be discharged. The manager of a licensed house may also, with such previous consent as aforesaid, receive and lodge as a boarder, for the time specified in the consent, any relative or friend of a patient.

(2) The consent of the Commissioners or justices, as the case may be, shall be given only upon application to them by the intending boarder.

(3) The total number of patients and boarders in a licensed house shall at no one time exceed the number of patients for which the house is licensed.

(4) Every boarder shall, if required, be produced to the Commissioners and visitors respectively on their respective visits.

(5) A boarder may leave the licensed house in which he is a boarder upon giving to the manager thereof twenty-four hours notice in writing of his intention so to do.

(6) If any person is not allowed to leave the licensed house in which he is a boarder after the expiration of twenty-four hours notice to the manager thereof of his intention so to do, he shall be entitled to recover from the manager ten pounds as liquidated damages for each day or part of a day during which he is detained.

Hospitals.