The Insane Persons (England) Act 1832 (2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 107) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments related to the licensing of madhouses and the care and treatment of insane persons in England.
Provisions Repealed enactments Section 1 of the act repealed 2 enactments, listed in that section. Until commissioners, visitors and clerks were appointed under the act, the authority of those appointed under the repealed acts continued as if given by the act, and everything done or directed under the repealed acts or the act remained valid as if the repealed acts had not been repealed. CitationShort titleDescriptionExtent of repeal9 Geo. 4. c. 41Madhouse Act 1828An Act to regulate the Care and Treatment of Insane Persons in England.The whole act.10 Geo. 4. c. 18Care, etc., of Lunatics Act 1829An Act to explain, amend, and alter the Act of the Ninth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, for regulating the Care and Treatment of Insane Persons in England.The whole act.
Subsequent developments The act was amended by the Lunatics (England) Act 1833 (3 & 4 Will. 4. c. 64).
Section 64 of the act provided that it would continue in force for three years from its passing and until the end of the next session of Parliament. It was continued by the Lunatics Act 1835 (5 & 6 Will. 4. c. 22), the Lunatics Act 1838 (1 & 2 Vict. c. 73) and the Care, etc., of Lunatics Act 1841 (5 Vict. c. 4), and was amended and continued by the Lunatic Asylums Act 1842 (5 & 6 Vict. c. 87).
The whole act was repealed by section 1 of the Lunacy Act 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 100), which came into force on 4 August 1845.
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