The Mental Hospitals Act 1951 also known as ‘An Act to amend the Mental Hospitals Act 1858, and the Mental Hospitals Act 1885’ (Act no. 10/1951) amended both the Mental Hospitals Act 1858 and its 1885 amendment. This legislation was repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1958 (Act no.36/1958) on 24 July 1958.