New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MENTAL HEALTH (FORENSIC PROVISIONS) ACT 1990 - SECT 22A

22A Amendment of indictment

(1) The provisions of the Criminal Procedure Act 1986 apply to the amendment of an indictment under this section in the same way as they apply to the amendment of an indictment in ordinary criminal proceedings, subject to any modifications that the Court considers appropriate in the circumstances.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the Director of Public Prosecutions may, with the leave of the Court or the consent of an Australian legal practitioner representing the accused person, amend an indictment to which a special hearing relates.