Section 18: Medical certificates

Indian Lunacy Act 1912Union territory Act of Chandigarh · Act 4 of 1912

(1) Every medical certificate under this Act shall be made and signed by a medical practitioner of a medical officer, as the case may be, and shall be in the form prescribed.

(2) Every medical certificate shall state the facts upon which the person certifying has formed his opinion that the alleged lunatic is a lunatic, distinguishing facts observed by himself from facts communicated by others , and no reception order on petition shall be made upon a certificate founded only upon facts communicated by others.

(3) Every medical certificate made under this Act shall be evidence of the facts therein appearing and of the judgment therein stated to have been formed by the person certifying on such facts, as if the matters therein appearing had been verified on oath.

Where this provision sits

Act	Indian Lunacy Act 1912
Section	18
Marginal note	Medical certificates
Jurisdiction	Union territory of Chandigarh
Status	In force as published by the source

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