Mental Deficiency Act 1913

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
gptkbp:category Disability law in the United Kingdom
Mental health law in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1913
gptkbp:citation 3 & 4 Geo. 5. c. 28
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1913
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:established gptkb:Board_of_Control_for_Lunacy_and_Mental_Deficiency
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Mental Deficiency Act 1913
gptkbp:longTitle An Act to make further and better provision for the care of Feeble-Minded and other Mentally Defective Persons and to amend the Law with respect to the care of Lunatics.
gptkbp:providesFor detention of people deemed 'feeble-minded' or 'morally defective'
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Mental_Health_Act_1959
gptkb:Lunacy_Act_1890
gptkbp:repealedBy gptkb:Mental_Health_Act_1959
1959
gptkbp:subject disability law
mental health law
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Board_of_Control_for_Lunacy_and_Mental_Deficiency
gptkb:Mental_Health_Act_1959
gptkb:Lunacy_Act_1890
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8