Criminal Lunatics Act 1884

Criminal Lunatics Act 1884
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act to consolidate and amend the Law relating to Criminal Lunatics.
Citation47 & 48 Vict. c. 64
Introduced byJ. T. Hibbert MP (Commons)
Territorial extent England and Wales
Dates
Royal assent14 August 1884
Commencement1 November 1884
Repealed1 November 1960
Other legislation
AmendsSee § Repealed enactments
Repeals/revokesSee § Repealed enactments
Amended byCriminal Justice Act 1948
Repealed byMental Health Act 1959
Relates toCriminal Lunatics Act 1800
Status: Repealed
History of passage through Parliament
Records of Parliamentary debate relating to the statute from Hansard
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Criminal Lunatics Act 1884 (47 & 48 Vict. c. 64) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments relating to mentally ill offenders in England and Wales.