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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 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.
Section two, the words "of the Acts herein-before mentioned, or under any other," and the words " or to be unfit from imbecility of mind for penal discipline." Sections seven, nine, and ten. 25 & 26 Vict. c. 86 Lunacy Regulation Act 1862: The Lunacy Regulation Act, 1862 Section fifteen. 27 & 28 Vict. c. 29 Insane Prisoners Act 1864
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 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).
The Indian Fisheries (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Act, 1927; The Indian Lunacy (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Act, 1938; The Indian Medical Degrees (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Act, 1940; The Indian Partnership (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Act, 1959; The Indian Penal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Act, 1960; The Indian Registration (Tamil ...
The Lunacy Act 1845 was a landmark in the treatment of the mentally ill, as it explicitly changed the status of mentally ill people to patients who required treatment. The Act created the Lunacy Commission , headed by Lord Shaftesbury , focusing on reform of the legislation concerning lunacy. [ 21 ]
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