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LAWS OF SAINT CHRISTOPHER AND NEVIS Revision Date: 31 Dec 2002 Female Persons of Unsound Mind (Protection) Act CAP.

9.09 1 ST. CHRISTOPHER AND NEVIS CHAPTER 9.09 FEMALE PERSONS OF UNSOUND MIND (PROTECTION) ACT Revised Edition showing the law as at 31 December 2002 This is a revised edition of the law, prepared by the Law Revision Commissioner under the authority of the Law Revision Act, No.

9 of 1986.
9 of 1986.

This edition contains a consolidation of the following laws— FEMALE PERSONS OF UNSOUND MIND (PROTECTION) ACT Page 3 Act 11 of 1923 … in force 14th June 1923 Amended by: Act 7 of 1976 Prepared under Authority by The Regional Law Revision Centre Inc. ANGUILLA LAWS OF SAINT CHRISTOPHER AND NEVIS Revision Date: 31 Dec 2002 Female Persons of Unsound Mind (Protection) Act CAP.

9.09 3 CHAPTER 9.09 FEMALE PERSONS OF UNSOUND MIND (PROTECTION) ACT ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Interpretation 1.

Short title 2.
Short title 2.

3.

Abuse of female person of unsound mind __________ CHAPTER 9.09 FEMALE PERSONS OF UNSOUND MIND (PROTECTION) ACT AN ACT TO MAKE PROVISION FOR THE PROTECTION OF FEMALE PERSONS OF UNSOUND MIND AGAINST ABUSE; AND TO MAKE PROVISION FOR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL MATTERS.

Short title.

This Act may be cited as the Female Persons of Unsound Mind (Protection) 1.

Act.

Interpretation.

2.


In this Act— “institution for persons of unsound mind” means an asylum, hospital or licensed house; “superintendent”, in relation to an institution for persons of unsound mind, means the superintendent of an asylum, the resident medical officer or superintendent of a hospital, and the resident licensee of a licensed house.

(Amended by Act 7 of 1976) Abuse of female person of unsound mind.

3.
If any superintendent, officer, nurse, attendant, groom, messenger or other person employed in or about any institution for persons of unsound mind or any person having the care or charge of any single patient or any attendant of any single patient carnally knows or attempts to have carnal knowledge of any female under care or treatment as a mental patient in the institution or as a single patient he or she commits a misdemeanour and, on conviction on indictment, shall be liable to be imprisoned with or without hard labour for a term not exceeding two years, and no consent or alleged consent of such female thereto shall be any defence to an indictment or prosecution for such offence.
(Amended by Act 7 of 1976) __________