Madhouses Act 1774

Madhouses Act 1774
Act of Parliament
Parliament of Great Britain
Long titleAn Act for regulating Madhouses.
Citation14 Geo. 3. c. 49
Introduced byThomas Townshend
Territorial extent England and Wales
Dates
Royal assent20 May 1774
Commencement20 November 1774
Repealed21 August 1871
Other legislation
Amended by
Repealed byStatute Law Revision Act 1871
Relates toMadhouse Act 1828
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Madhouses Act 1774 (14 Geo. 3. c. 49) was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain, which set out a legal framework for regulating "madhouses" (so-called lunatic asylums).

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