Mental Treatment Act, 1945

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Saving of powers of Judges of the High Court and of Judges of the Circuit Court.

283.—(1) Nothing in this Act shall affect any power exercisable immediately before the commencement of this section by a Judge of the High Court or a Judge of the Circuit Court in connection with the care and commitment of the persons and estates of persons found to be idiots or of unsound mind.

(2) No power, restriction, or prohibition contained in this Act shall apply in relation to a person of unsound mind under the care of a Judge of the High Court or of a Judge of the Circuit Court.

(3) The provisions of this Act in relation to the registration of premises shall not apply in relation to any premises by reason only of the fact that a person has been received as a patient therein by direction of a Judge of the High Court or a Judge of the Circuit Court.