# Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000, Paragraph 2: Defence Act 1842 (c.94)


(1) In section 15 of the Defence Act 1842—
(a) after “nonage" in both places there shall be inserted “ or mental incapacity ”;
(b) “or not of whole mind" shall be repealed;
(c) for “out of prison, within this land, or of whole mind" there shall be substituted “ within this land ”.
(2) In section 27 of that Act for “lunacy" there shall be substituted “ mental incapacity ”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2000/4/schedule/5/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/adults-with-incapacity-scotland-act-2000/schedule-5/paragraph-2
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