Mental Health Act · s 78

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s 78Construction of other written laws

Unless a contrary intention appears, a reference in any other written law —

(a)

to a lunatic or mental person shall be construed as a reference to a mentally disordered person;

(b)

to lunacy shall be construed as a reference to mental disorder;

(c)

to an asylum, a lunatic asylum, a mental hospital, a mental facility or any other medical facility for the purpose of admitting, remanding, confining or detaining a mentally disordered person shall be construed as a reference to a psychiatric facility.