Section 36: Order to justify detention and re-capture after escape

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

Every person received into an asylum under any such order as is required by this Act, may be detained therein until he is , removed or discharged as authorized by law and in the case of escape may, by virtue of such order, be re-taken by any police-officer or by the person in charge of such asylum, or any officer or servant belonging thereto, or any other person authorized in that behalf by the said person in charge, and conveyed to and received and detained in such asylum :

Provided that in the case of a lunatic not being a criminal lunatic or a lunatic in respect of whom a reception order has been made under section 12, the power to re-take such escaped lunatic under this section shall be exercisable only for a period of one month from the date of his escape.

PART III Judicial Inquisition as to Lunacy

CHAPTER IV Proceedings in Lunacy in Presidency-towns Inquisition

Where this provision sits

Act	Indian Lunacy Act 1912
Section	36
Marginal note	Order to justify detention and re-capture after escape
Jurisdiction	Union territory of Chandigarh
Status	In force as published by the source

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