An Act (8 & 9 Vict. c. 100) for the regulation of the care and treatment of lunatics : with explanatory notes and comments, etc. etc. / edited by Forbes Winslow.

Date:
1845
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Credit: An Act (8 & 9 Vict. c. 100) for the regulation of the care and treatment of lunatics : with explanatory notes and comments, etc. etc. / edited by Forbes Winslow. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    6. And be it enacted, That every person hereby or here- after appointed a commissioner under this act, shall, before he acts in the execution of his duty as a commissioner, take an oath to the following effect; (that is to say,) 41, A. B. do swear, That I will discreetly, impartially, and faithfully execute all the trusts and powers committed unto me by virtue of an act of parliament made in the ninth year of the reign of her Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled [here insert the title of the act] ; and that I will keep secret all such matters as shall come to my knowledge in the execution of my office, (except when required to divulge the same by legal authority, or so far as I shall feel myself called upon to do so for the better execution of the duty imposed on me by the said act.) ‘ So help me GOD.’ Which oath it shall be lawful for the Lord Chancellor to administer to every such commissioner; and any three of the commissioners who shall have previously taken the oath are hereby authorized to administer such oath to any other commissioner. 7. And be it enacted, That the commissioners shall cause to be made a seal of the commission, and shall cause to be sealed or stamped therewith all licences, orders, and instruments granted or made, or issued, or authorized by the commissioners, in pursuance of this act, except such orders or instruments as are hereinafter required or directed to be given or signed and sealed by one commis- sioner or two commissioners ; and all such licences, orders, and instruments, or copies thereof, purporting to be sealed or stamped with the seal of the commission, shall be re- ceived as evidence of the same respectively, and of the same respectively having been granted, made, issued, or autho- rized by the commissioners, without any further proof thereof; and no such licence, order, or instrument, or copy thereof, shall be valid, or have any force or effect, unless the same shall be so sealed or stamped as aforesaid. 8. And be it enacted, That the commissioners or any five of them shall, as soon as may be after the passing of this act, meet at the usual office or place of business now occupied or used by the Metropolitan Commissioners in Lunacy, or at such other place as the Lord Chancellor shall direct, and elect one of the same commissioners (not being a physician or a barrister receiving any salary by virtue of this act) to be the permanent chairman of the commission; and in case such permanent chairman, or any other permanent chairman who shall thereafter be elected in pursuance of this provision, shall die, or decline or be- come incapable to act as chairman, or shall cease to be a F Commis- sioners to take the following oath. Commis- sioners to have a com mon seal. Commis- sioners to elect a per manent chairman.