- (1) (a) The parent or guardian of a defective who is an idiot or imbecile, or is under the age of twenty-one; and
- (b) the school board with the consent of the parent or guardian of a defective under the age of sixteen for whom it is the duty of the school board to make suitable provision; and
- (c) the parish council with the consent of the parent or guardian of a defective under the age of sixteen for whom it is the duty of the parish council to make suitable provision, or, of a defective of sixteen years or over, but under twenty-one years, in whose case notice has been given by the school board under the immediately preceding Section;
§ may deal with such defective under this Act by placing him in an institution for defectives or under guardianship: Provided that he shall not be so placed except upon a certificate in writing (in the prescribed form) of two duly qualified medical practitioners one of whom shall be a medical practitioner duly approved for the purpose by the local authority concerned (if any) stating that the person to whom the certificate relates is a defective and the class of defectives to which he belongs, accompanied by a statement, signed by the parent or guardian, giving the prescribed particulars with respect to him; and he shall not be so placed by his parent or guardian without the consent of the Board; and he shall not be so placed by a school board or a parish council unless by reason of the attendant expense he cannot be so placed except with their assistance.
§ (2) In this Section "prescribed" means prescribed under regulations made by the Board with the approval of the Secretary for Scotland.
§ Lords Amendments:—
§ In Sub-section 1, paragraph (a), after the word "or" ["or is under"], insert the words "the parent of a defective who, though not an idiot or an imbecile."
§ In paragraph (c), after the word ["the purpose by"], insert the word "the Board or."