The Indian Lunacy Act 1912, 4 of 1912, (Rep., Act 14 of 1987) · III — .

Section 35. (1) Any lunatic may be removed from any asylum

Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08

*Removal of lunatics and criminal lunatics.* 48 Lunacy. [ACT IV V of 1898. (Part II 35. (1) Any lunatic may be removed from any asylum *Removal of lunatics and criminal lunatics.* 48 Lunacy. [ACT IV V of 1898. (Part II.—Reception, Care and Treatment of Lunatics. Chapter III.—Care and Treatment.) asylum established by Government, to any other asylum within the province in accordance with any general or special order of the Local Government, and to any other asylum in any part of British India in accordance with any general or special order of the Governor General in Council: Provided that no lunatic admitted into an asylum on a reception order made on petition shall be removed in accordance with the provisions of this sub-section until notice of such intended removal has been given to the petitioner. (2) The Governor General in Council may make such general or special order as he thinks fit directing the removal of any person for whose confinement an order has been made under section 466 or section 471 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, from the place where he is for the time being confined, to any asylum, jail or other place of safe custody in British India. Escape and re-capture.

Source: India Code