Licence: In copyright
Credit: Mental Deficiency Act, 1913 (3 & 4 Geo. 5, ch. 28). 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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![Power to deal with defectives otherwise than at instance of parent or guardian. Presentation of j^etitions. [Ch. 28.] Mental Deficiency Act, 1913. [3 & 4 Geo. 5.] 4. A defective subject to be dealt with under this Act other- wise than under paragraph {a) of subsection (ll of section two of this Act may so be dealt mth— (а) under an order made by a judicial authority on a petition presented under this Act; or {b) under an order of a court, in the case of a defective found guilty of a criminal offence, punishable in the case of an adult with imprisonment or penal servitude, or liable to be ordered to be sent to an industrial school; or (c) under an order of the Secretary of State, in the case of a defective detained in a prison, criminal lunatic asylum, reformatory or industrial school, place of detention, or inebriate reformatory ; but no such order shall be made except in the circumstances and in the manner herein-after specified. Dequirements as to the making of Orders. 5. —(1) An order of a judicial authority under this Act shall be obtainable upon a private application by petition made by any relative or friend of the alleged defective, or by any officer of the local authority under this Act authorised in that behalf. (2) Every petition shall be accompanied by two medical certificates, one of which shall be signed by a medical practitioner approved for the purpose by the local authority or the Board, or a certificate that a medical examination was impracticable, and by a statutory declaration made by the petitioner and by at least one other person (who may be one of the persons who gave a medical certificate) stating — {a) that the person to whom the petition relates is a defective within the meaning of this Act, and the class of defectives to which he is alleged to belong; and (б) that that person is subject to be dealt with under this Act, and the circumstances which render him so subject; and (<?) whether or not a petition under this Act, or a petition for a reception order under the Lunacy Acts, 1890](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22463665_0010.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
