35 Remand to hospital for report on accused's mental condition

Part III Patients concerned in Criminal Proceedings or under Sentence

Remands to hospital

35  Remand to hospital for report on accused's mental condition

(1)     Subject to the provisions of this section, the Crown Court or a magistrates' court may remand an accused person to a hospital specified by the court for a report on his mental condition.

(2)     For the purposes of this section an accused person is—

(a)     in relation to the Crown Court, any person who is awaiting trial before the court for an offence punishable with imprisonment or who has been arraigned before the court for such an offence and has not yet been sentenced or otherwise dealt with for the offence on which he has been arraigned;

(b)     in relation to a magistrates' court, any person who has been convicted by the court of an offence punishable on summary conviction with imprisonment and any person charged with such an offence if the court is satisfied that he did the act or made the omission charged or he has consented to the exercise by the court

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