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Pakistan's suicide rate is below the worldwide average. The 2015 global rate was 9.5 per 100,000 people [31] (in 2008, 11.6). Suicides represent some 0.9% of all deaths. Pakistan's death rate, as given by the World Bank, is 7.28 per 1000 people in 2016 (the lowest rate in the 2006-2018 period). In 2015, the suicide rate in Pakistan was ...
The Prisons Act, 1894; The Prisoners' Act, 1900; Lunacy Act, 1912; The Punjab Borstal Act, 1926; Good Conduct Prisoners Probation Release Act, 1926; Punjab Employees Efficiency, Discipline and Accountability Act, (PEEDA) 2006; Rules and Regulations (1818 to 2010) Regulation III of 1818 (A Regulation for the Confinement of State Prisoners)
Since the Pakistan inception, lunacy act was being used . It was not until 1992 that efforts to improve it started . It was through a Presidential order that Mental Health Ordinance 2001 were introduced at an conference at Islamabad. It was hosted by Prof Mubasshar Hussain Malik. [25] 2002. The European Brain Council was founded in Brussels.
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.
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."
During Nawaz Sharif's government, the Supreme Court declared unconstitutional several anti-terrorist laws, including the 1997 Anti-Terrorism Act (which established Anti-Terrorism Courts) subsequently amended in October 1998 (Merham Ali vs Federation of Pakistan); [1] and the 1998 Pakistan Armed Forces (Acting in Aid of Civil Power) Ordinance ...
The Lunacy (Scotland) Act 1868 (29 & 30 Vict. c. 51) The Criminal and Dangerous Lunatics (Scotland) Amendment Act 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 55) The Lunacy Districts (Scotland) Act 1887 (50 & 51 Vict. c. 39) The Lunacy (Ireland) Acts 1821 to 1890 was the collective title of the following Acts: [1] The Lunacy (Ireland) Act 1821 (1 & 2 Geo. 4. c 33 ...
The Naval Discipline Act, 1866 Section eighty, so far as relates to a person imprisoned in England. 30 & 31 Vict. c. 12 Criminal Lunatics Act 1867: The Criminal Lunatics Act, 1867 The whole act. 32 & 33 Vict. c. 78 Criminal Lunatics Act 1869: The Criminal Lunatics Act, 1869 The whole act. 44 & 45 Vict. c. 58 Army Act 1881: The Army Act, 1881