Lunacy Act, 1890

Reports to be made to the Lord Chancellor.

162.—(1) The Commissioners shall, at the expiration of every six months, report to the Lord Chancellor the number of visits they have made and the number of patients they have seen.

(2) They shall also in or before the month of June in every year, make to the Lord Chancellor a report made up to the end of the preceding year of the condition of the institutions for lunatics; and other places visited by them, and of the care of the patients therein, with such other particulars as they think deserving notice.

(3) They shall lay copies of the reports to be made under this section before Parliament within one month after the same have been made if Parliament is then sitting, and, if not, within twenty-one days after the commencement of the next session.