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The first law to govern mental health in India was the Indian Lunacy Act 1912, [33] which itself drew heavily from the English Lunatics Act 1845. [34] The Indian Psychiatric Society suggested a draft in 1950, however it was only given assent by the President in May 1987, and implemented in 1993 as the Mental Health Act 1987.
In 1859, Agra asylum was also founded by British Government. The Institute of Mental Health and Hospital Agra was established in September 1859, and renamed to Mental Hospital Agra in 1925. Previously it was managed under the provisions of Indian Lunacy Act, 1912. Nowadays it is managed under the provisions of Mental Healthcare Act 2017.
The Indian Mental Health Act was drafted by the parliament, but it came into effect in all the states andunion territories of India in April 1993. This act replaced the Indian Lunacy Act of 1912, which had earlier replaced the Indian Lunatic Asylum act of 1858. 1988
Indian Railway Board Act 1905 4 Code of Civil Procedures 1908 5 Explosive Substances Act 1908 6 Central Provinces Financial Commissioner’s Act 1908 13 Indian Ports Act 1908 15 Registration Act 1908 16 Presidency Towns Insolvency Act 1909 3 Anand Marriage Act 1909 7 Indian Museum Act 1910 10 Co-operative Societies Act 1912 2
The Lunacy Act 1845 or the Lunatics Act 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 100) and the County Asylums Act 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 126) formed mental health law in England and Wales from 1845 to 1890. The Lunacy Act's most important provision was a change in the status of mentally ill people to patients .
In March, Lala Har Dayal wrote an article for Modern Review entitled "Marx: A Modern Rishi", which is believed to be the first Indian article on Marx. [10] Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai wrote the biography of Karl Marx (1912) in Malayalam, which was the first Marx biography in any Indian language. [11]
In India, the Mental Health Act was passed on 22 May 1987. The law was described in its opening paragraph as "An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the treatment and care of mentally ill persons, to make better provision with respect to their property and affairs and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto."
The law in place at the time of transfer was the Indian Lunacy Act of 1858, which was a simplified version of the Shaftesbury's Act for the Regulation of the Care and Treatment of Lunatics passed on 4 August 1845 (Lee 1978, p. 206).