Preamble   -             INDIAN LUNACY ACT, 1912

Part I  -             PRELIMINARY

Chapter I  -             CHAPTER I

Section 1  -             Short title and extent

Section 2  -             Savings

Section 3  -             Definitions

Part II  -             RECEPTION, CARE AND TREATMENT OF LUNATICS

Chapter II  -             RECEPTION OF LUNATICS

Section 4  -             Reception of persons in asylum

Section 5 to 11  -             Reception Order on Petition

Section 5  -             Application for reception order

Section 6  -             Application by whom to be presented

Section 7  -             Procedure upon petition for reception order

Section 8  -             Detention of lunatic pending enquiry

Section 9  -             Consideration of petition

Section 10  -             Order

Section 11  -             Further provisions as to reception orders on petition

Section 11-A  -             Power to appoint substitute for the person upon whose application a reception order has been made

Section 11-B  -             Reception order in case of lunatics from foreign States in India

Section 12 to 17  -             Reception Order otherwise than on Petition

Section 12  -             Reception order in case of an European lunatic soldier, sailor or airman

Section 13  -             Powers and duties of police in respect of wandering or dangerous lunatics or lunatics cruelly treated or not wider proper care and control

Section 14  -             Reception order in case of wandering and dangerous lunatics

Section 15  -             Order in cane of lunatic cruelly treated or not under proper care and control

Section 16  -             Detention of alleged lunatic, pending report by medical officer

Section 17  -             Commissioners of Police, etc. to act in the Metropolitan towns

Section 18 to 23  -             Further provisions as to reception orders and medical certificates

Section 18  -             Medical certificates

Section 19  -             Time and manner of medical examination of lunatic

Section 20  -             Authority for reception

Section 21  -             Copy of reception order to be sent to person in charge of asylum

Section 22  -             Restriction as to asylums into which reception order may direct admission

Section 23  -             Detention of lunatics pending removal to asylum

Section 24 to 24  -             Reception and detention of criminal lunatics

Section 24  -             Reception and detention of criminal lunatics

Section 25 to 26  -             Reception after inquisition

Section 25  -             Reception after inquisition

Section 26  -             Order for payment of cost of maintenance of lunatic

Section 27 to 30  -             Amendment of order or certificate

Section 27  -             Amendment of order or certificate

Chapter III  -             CARE AND TREATMENT VISITORS

Section 28  -             Appointment of visitors

Section 29  -             Monthly inspection by visitors

Section 30  -             Inspection of criminal lunatics by Inspector-General or visitors

Section 31 to 34  -             Discharge of lunatics

Section 31  -             Order of discharge from asylum by visitors

Section 32  -             Discharge of lunatics in other cases and of European military lunatics

Section 33  -             Order of discharge on undertaking of relative for doe care of the lunatic

Section 34  -             Discharge of person subsequently found on inquisition not to be of unsound mind

Section 35 to 35  -             Removal of lunatic

Section 35  -             Removal of lunatics and criminal lunatics

Section 36 to 36  -             Escape and re-capture

Section 36  -             Order to justify detention and re-capture after escape

Part III  -             PART III

Chapter IV  -             PROCEEDINGS IN LUNACY IN PRESIDENCY-TOWNS

Section 37 to 45  -             Inquisition

Section 37  -             Jurisdiction in lunacy in Presidency-towns

Section 38  -             Court may order inquisition as to persons alleged to be insane

Section 39  -             Application by whom to be made

Section 40  -             Notice of time and place of inquisition

Section 41  -             Powers of Court in respect of attendance and examination of lunatic

Section 42  -             Rules respecting attendance and examination of females alleged to be lunatic

Section 43  -             Power to direct District Court to make inquisition in certain cases

Section 44  -             Amendment of finding of District Court if defective or insufficient in form

Section 45  -             Proceeding on finding of Court

Section 46 to 48  -             Judicial powers over person and estate of lunatic

Section 46  -             Custody of lunatics and management of their estates

Section 47  -             Powers of manager in respect of management of lunatic's estates

Section 48  -             Power to make order concerning any matter connected with the lunacy

Section 49 to 56  -             Management and administration

Section 49  -             Power to dispose of lunatic's property for certain purposes

Section 50  -             Execution of conveyances and powers by manager under order of Court

Section 51  -             Court may order performance of contract

Section 52  -             Dissolution and disposal of property of partnership on a member becoming lunatic

Section 53  -             Disposal of business premises

Section 54  -             Manager may dispose of lease

Section 55  -             Assumption of charge by Court of Wards of land belonging to a lunatic in certain cases

Section 56  -             Power to apply property for lunatic's maintenance without appointing manager in certain cases

Section 57 to 58  -             Vesting orders

Section 57  -             Power to order transfer of stock belonging to lunatic in certain cases

Section 58  -             Power to order transfer of stock of lunatic residing out of India and the United Kingdom

Section 59 to 61  -             General

Section 59  -             Power to apply property for lunatics maintenance in case of temporary lunatic

Section 60  -             Proceedings in lunacy to cease or to be set aside if Court finds that the unsoundness of mind has ceased

Section 61  -             Power of Court to make rules

Chapter V  -             PROCEEDINGS IN LUNACY OUTSIDE PRESIDENCY-TOWNS

Section 62 to 101  -             Inquisition

Section 62  -             Power of District Court to institute inquisition as to person alleged to be lunatic

Section 63  -             Application by whom to be made

Section 64  -             Regulation of proceedings of District Court

Section 65  -             Inquisition by District Court and finding thereon

Section 66  -             Inquisition by subordinate Court on commission issued by District Court and proceedings thereon

Section 67  -             Custody of lunatics and management of their estates

Section 68  -             Court of Wards to be authorized in certain cases to take charge of estate of lunatic

Section 69  -             Power to direct Collector to take charge of person and estate of lunatic in certain cases

Section 70  -             Control over proceedings of Collector

Section 71  -             Power to District Court to appoint guardian and manager and take security from manager

Section 72  -             Restriction on appointment of legal heir of lunatic to be guardian of his person

Section 73  -             Remuneration of managers and guardians

Section 74  -             Duties of guardian

Section 75  -             Powers of managers

Section 76  -             Manager to furnish inventory and annual accounts

Section 77  -             Proceeding if accuracy of inventory of accounts is impugned

Section 78  -             Payment into public treasury and investment of proceeds of estate

Section 79  -             Relative may sue for an account

Section 80  -             Removal of managers and guardians

Section 81  -             Penalty on manager for refusing to deliver accounts or property

Section 82  -             Proceedings in lunacy to cease or to be set aside if the court finds that the unsoundness of mind has ceased

Section 83  -             Appeals

Part IV  -             MISCELLANEOUS

Chapter VI  -             ESTABLISHMENT OF ASYLUMS

Section 84  -             State Government may establish or licence the establishment of asylums

Section 84-A  -             Power to cancel licence if provision for curative treatment is insufficient

Section 85  -             Provision for admission of lunatics in asylums outside a State

Chapter VII  -             EXPENSES OF LUNATICS

Section 86  -             Payment of cost of maintenance in licensed asylums in certain cases by Government

Section 87  -             Application of property in the possession of a lunatic found wandering

Section 88  -             Application to Civil Court for order for the payment of cost of maintenance out of the lunatic's estate, or by person bound to maintain him

Section 89  -             Order of Court and enforcement

Section 89-A  -             Fixation of costs of maintenance

Section 89-B  -             Incidence of costs of maintenance payable by Government

Section 90  -             Saving of liability of relatives to maintain lunatic

Chapter VIII  -             RULES

Section 91  -             Power of State Government to make rules

Section 92  -             Publication of rules

Section 93  -             Penalty for improper reception or detention of lunatics

Section 94  -             Provision as bonds

Section 97  -             Protection to persons acting under Act

Section 98  -             Power to give effect to warrants and orders of certain Courts outside India

Section 99  -             Power to make rules for reception of lunatics received from outside India

Section 100  -             Orders under repealed Acts

Section 100-A  -             Ranchi European Mental Hospital

Section 101  -             Repeal of enactments

Schedule I  -             SCHEDULE I

Schedule II  -             SCHEDULE II