[14 Substitution of findings of unfitness to plead etc]
Criminal Appeal Act 1968 (1968 c 19) | Legislation

[14  Substitution of findings of unfitness to plead etc]

[(1)     This section applies where, on an appeal under section 12 of this Act, the Court of Appeal, on the written or oral evidence of two or more registered medical practitioners at least one of whom is duly approved, are of opinion that—

(a)     the case is not one where there should have been a verdict of acquittal; but

(b)     there should

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