Mental Defectives Act Forms and Loan Order




2020
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 55

Form No. 3.

RECEPTION ORDER IN RESPECT OF PERSON ALREADY RECEIVED INTO INSTITUTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROVISIONS OF SECTION 8 OF THE MENTAL DEFECTIVES AMENDMENT ACT, 1928.

WHEREAS [Full name, occupation, and address], a person alleged to be mentally defective (hereinafter referred to as the said patient) was on the day of , 19 , received into the [Name of institution], situate at , on the request of [Full name, occupation, and address of applicant], supported by medical certificates signed by , and , of , being medical practitioners resident in New Zealand, and not prohibited by section 12 of the Mental Defectives Act, 1911, or otherwise, from signing the said certificates:

And whereas the Superintendent of the said institution, by notice under his hand dated the day of , 19 , did transmit copies of the said request and certificates and did certify that in his opinion the said patient was a mentally defective person requiring to be detained in a mental hospital [or as the case may be]:

And whereas, as required by section 8 of the Mental Defectives Amendment Act, 1928, I [we] have made inquiry into the matter herein, and am [are] satisfied that the said patient is mentally defective and requires detention in an institution under the Mental Defectives Act, 1911:

Now, therefore, I [we] do hereby order that the said patient continue to be detained in the said institution in accordance with the provisions of the Mental Defectives Act, 1911.

Dated at , this day of , 19 .

……………, Stipendiary Magistrate.

Or { ……………, Justice of the Peace.
……………, Justice of the Peace.

We hereby certify that to the best of our knowledge and belief there is at the time of the making of this order no Magistrate within ten miles of the place where it is made who is able to make it.

……………, Justice of the Peace.
……………, Justice of the Peace.

Form No. 4.

RETURN MADE BY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 15 OF THE MENTAL DEFECTIVES AMENDMENT ACT, 1928.

Name of Child. Name of Parent, Guardian, or Other Person having Control of Child. Age. School (if any) attended by Child. School Class or Standard. Whether Child is reported to Director of Education from:— (i) Retarded Mental Development; or (ii) Mental Deficiency; or (iii) Mental Disorder; or (iv) Epilepsy. Remarks (if any) of Director of Education.

Form No. 5.

NOTICE OF DECISION OF EUGENICS BOARD IN THE CASE OF .

To , of

TAKE notice that the Eugenics Board, after inquiry in the manner directed by the Mental Defectives Amendment Act, 1928, has decided that the name of , of , should be entered on the Register of Mental Defectives kept by the said Board pursuant to that Act.

If you object to such registration you are required to complete the form of objection enclosed herewith, and to forward the same to the Board within fourteen days after the receipt by you of this notice.

If you so object to the proposed registration your objection will be dealt with by a Judge of the Supreme Court in Chambers, and the registration will not be proceeded with unless and until the decision of the Board is confirmed by the Court.

Dated at , this day of , 19 .

……………
Chairman [or Secretary] of Board.

Form No. 6.

NOTICE OF OBJECTION TO PROPOSAL TO ENTER NAME OF , OF , IN REGISTER OF MENTAL DEFECTIVES.

To the Chairman of the Eugenics Board, Wellington.

I, of , being the father [mother, guardian, or as the case may be] of the above-mentioned , do hereby object to the registration of his [her] name in the Register of Mental Defectives, and do hereby require you, in accordance with the provisions of the Mental Defectives Amendment Act, 1928, to refer the matter for the decision of a Judge of the Supreme Court in Chambers.

Dated at , this day of , 19 .

[Signature of objector.]

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Order in Council consenting to the Raising of a Loan of £5,000 by the Waipara County Council.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 5th day of August, 1929.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

WHEREAS the Waipara County Council (hereinafter called “the said local authority”) is desirous of raising the sum of five thousand pounds for the purpose of the erection of six cottages by a loan to be known as “Workers’ Dwellings Loan, 1929”:

And whereas the said local authority has complied with the provisions of the Local Government Loans Board Act, 1926 (hereinafter called “the said Act”), and it is expedient that the precedent consent of the Governor-General in Council under the said Act should be given to the raising of the said loan on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth:

And whereas the Minister of Finance has given his precedent consent as required by section one hundred and fourteen of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, to the borrowing by the said local authority of the said loan for the term hereinafter mentioned, at such rate or rates of interest as shall not produce to the lenders a rate exceeding the rate hereinafter mentioned:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, and in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by the said Act, and by sections thirty-two and one hundred and fourteen of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, doth hereby consent to the raising by the said local authority of the said loan up to the amount of five thousand pounds for a term not exceeding thirty years, at such rate or rates of interest as shall not produce to the lenders a rate exceeding the rate of six pounds per centum per annum, subject to the condition that the said sum shall not be borrowed otherwise than on terms requiring repayment of principal by equal aggregate annual or half-yearly instalments of principal and interest over a period not exceeding a term of thirty years.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

(T. 49/241/2.)



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🏥 Return by Director of Education for Mental Defectives

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🏥 Notice of Decision by Eugenics Board

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  • F. D. Thomson, Clerk of the Executive Council