CRIMINAL CODE 2002 - SECT 27 Definition—mental impairment
CRIMINAL CODE 2002 - SECT 27
Definition—mental impairment(1) In this Act:
"mental impairment "includes senility, intellectual disability, mental illness, brain damage and severe personality disorder.
(2) In this section:
mental illness is an underlying pathological infirmity of the mind, whether of long or short duration and whether permanent or temporary, but does not include a condition (a "reactive condition") resulting from the reaction of a healthy mind to extraordinary external stimuli.
(3) However, a reactive condition may be evidence of a mental illness if it involves some abnormality and is prone to recur.