HL Deb 21 February 1887 vol 311 cc139-40

(Lord Chancellor may supersede inquisition and rescind or vary order for commitment of person.) A. (1.) If in any case of a person who has been found lunatic by inquisition the Lord Chancellor or Judge in Lunacy, being satisfied on the report of the Commissioners or of one of the Lord Chancellor's Visitors in Lunacy, or on any other evidence that the lunatic is cured, or that he is capable of managing himself, and not dan- gerous to himself or others, though incapable of managing his affairs, may, if he shall think it desirable that the ordinary proceedings for a supersedeas should not be insisted on, by order supersede the inquisition so far as the same finds that the lunatic is incapable of managing himself, and rescind or vary any order for the commitment of the person of the lunatic. (2.) An order under this section may be made on such terms and conditions as the Lord Chancellor or Judge in Lunacy may think fit. (3.) Notice of an order under this section shall be forthwith given to the committee of the lunatic and also to the person under whose care the lunatic is.

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