[45A Power of higher courts to direct hospital admission]
Mental Health Act 1983 (1983 c 20) | Legislation

[Hospital and limitation directions]

[45A  Power of higher courts to direct hospital admission]

[(1)     This section applies where, in the case of a person convicted before the Crown Court of an offence the sentence for which is not fixed by law—

(a)     the conditions mentioned in subsection (2) below are fulfilled; and

(b)     . . ., the court considers making a hospital order in respect of him before deciding to impose a sentence of imprisonment (“the relevant sentence”) in respect of the offence.

(2)     The conditions referred to in subsection (1) above are that the court is satisfied, on the written or oral evidence of two registered medical practitioners—

(a)     that the offender is suffering from [mental disorder];

(b)     that the mental disorder from which the offender is suffering is of a nature or degree which makes it appropriate for

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