Clause 23
Construction of laws
of Mental Health (Care and Treatment) Bill
BillNot in forceProvision 23 of 36
Clause 23
Where in any written law or other document any reference to a lunatic or to lunacy or to a lunatic asylum, an asylum or a psychiatric institution is contained, that reference, unless the context otherwise requires, shall be read as a reference to a mentally disordered person or a patient within the meaning of this Act, or to mental disorder, or to a psychiatric institution, respectively.