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The Criminal Procedure (Insanity and Unfitness to Plead) Act 1991

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Alexander M. P. Kellam
Alexander M. P. Kellam*
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South Glamorgan Health Authority
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This short Act, which amends some parts of the Criminal Procedure (Insanity) Act 1964, came into force on 1 January 1992. It applies only to cases where arraignment was after that date (start of trial when charge[s] is read to the defendant), and only in the Crown and higher Courts. It enables Courts to try the facts of a case even when the defendant is “Under Disability” (= Unfit to Plead) and, when finding a person “Under Disability” or “Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity”, to order other disposals than indefinite detention in hospital. The legal definitions remain unchanged.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 16 , Issue 4 , April 1992 , pp. 201 - 202
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