Definition of “habitual drunkard”

For the purposes of sections 3 and 5, “habitual drunkard” means a person who, not being amenable to any jurisdiction as a person of unsound mind, is, notwithstanding, by reason of habitual intemperate drinking of intoxicating liquor, or the habitual taking or using, except upon medical advice, of opium or other dangerous drugs within the meaning of the Misuse of Drugs Act, at times dangerous to himself or herself or to others, CAP. 103. 10 or incapable of managing himself or herself, and his or her affairs. Discharge, etc. the grant of an