Inebriates Act, 1898

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Definitions.

27. In this Act, unless the contex otherwise requires,—

The expression “managers,” in relation to a certified inebriate reformatory shall mean any persons having the management or control of the reformatory:

The expression “expenses,” in relation to the detention of a person in a certified inebriate reformatory, shall include the expenses of his custody and maintenance, whether in the reformatory or when absent therefrom under licence, and any other expenses directed by this Act, or by any order made thereunder to be defrayed by the managers, and also any expenses incurred by the managers in assisting him to return to his home or place of settlement on the expiration of his term of detention:

The expression “patient” shall mean a person who has been admitted into a retreat, and whose term of detention has not expired or been concluded by his discharge.

[Ss. 28 29 rep. 8 Edw. 7. c. 49 (S.L.R.).]