Lunacy Act, 1890

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Notice to be given on recovery of a patient.

83.—(1) The manager of every hospital and licensed house, and a person having charge of a single patient, shall forthwith, upon the recovery of a patient, send notice thereof in the case of a patient not a pauper to the person on whose petition the reception order was made, or by whom the last payment on account of the patient was made, and in the case of a pauper to the guardians of his union, or if a local authority is liable for his maintenance to the clerk of the local authority.

(2) The notice shall state that unless the patient is removed within seven days from the date of the notice he will be discharged.

(3) In case the patient is not removed within seven days from the date of the notice he shall be forthwith discharged.

Inquiry into Cause of Death.