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Lunacy Act, 1890
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Borough contributing to county asylum exempt.

245.—(1) Where any borough specified in the Fourth Schedule contributes to a county asylum, such borough shall, so long as it continues to contribute, be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this Act with respect to asylum accommodation.

(2) The council of the borough may resolve for the purpose of providing asylum accommodation to separate from the county to which it contributes.

(3) Notice of the resolution to separate shall be given to the clerk of the county council, and upon the expiration of six months from the date of the notice, the council of the borough shall be subject to the obligations imposed by this Act of providing asylum accommodation.

(4) Notwithstanding a notice to separate, the council of the borough shall continue liable to contribute to the county asylum, until all the pauper lunatics therein belonging to the borough have been removed.