Criminal Procedure (Insanity) Act 1964
Ch. 849
Section 7.
SCHEDULE 2
Amendments Relating to Courts-Martial
Part I
Amendments of Army Act 1955 and Air Force Act 1955
Section 108 (petitions against finding or sentence) | After the words “has sentenced the accused” there shall be inserted the words “or has found the accused to be unfit to stand his trial or to be not guilty by reason of insanity”. |
Section 110(2) (substitution by confirming officer of different finding) | At the end of the subsection there shall be added the words “or a confirming officer may, if he is of opinion that the case is not one where there should have been a finding of not guilty, but that there should have been a finding that the accused was unfit to stand his trial, substitute a finding that the accused was unfit to stand his trial”. |
Section 116(1) (finding of unfitness to stand trial) | The words “by reason of insanity” shall be omitted, and at the end of the subsection there shall be added the words:—
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Section 116(2) (finding of insanity at time of offence charged) | For the words “was guilty of that offence but was insane at the said time” there shall be substituted the words “was not guilty of that offence by reason of insanity”. |
After section 116(4) | There shall be inserted as subsection (4A) of section 116:—
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