jun 14, 1853 - ACT for the better management of the Provincial Lunatic Asylum at Toronto

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«Section VII: That no person shall be received into the Institution as a Lunatic without a Certificate from three Medical Licentiates, signed and verified by the Reeve of the Township or incorporated Village, or the Mayor of the City or incorporated Town from which the Lunatic may have been sent, and in the absence of the Reeve or Mayor, by the Deputy or other person who shall for the time being be authorized to act in the place of the Reeve or Mayor, which Certificate shall state that the subscribing Medical Licentiates at the same time and in the presence of each other, examined the patient, and after due inquiry into all necessary facts relating to his case, found him to be a Lunatic; and such Certificate shall be sufficient authority to any person to convey the Lunatic to the said Asylum and to the authorities of the Asylum to detain him therein so long as he shall continue to be insane» (p. 929). 16 Vic. 188, s. 7.

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