PART 3 - Defence of Insanity
Procedure for dealing with persons found not guilty by reason of insanity
(1) On a verdict that a person is not guilty of an offence on the ground
of insanity or on a finding being made to that effect, the court is
to –
(a) make a restriction order; or
(b) release the defendant and make a supervision order; or
(c) make a treatment order; or
(d)
. . . . . . . .
(e) release the defendant on such conditions as the court considers
appropriate; or
(f) release the defendant unconditionally.
(2) Despite subsection (1) , only the Supreme Court may make a
restriction order or supervision order under that subsection.
(3) A treatment order made under subsection (1)(c) , whether before
or after the commencement of the Crimes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2016 ,
is taken to have been made under Division 2 of Part 3 of Chapter 2
of the Mental Health Act 2013 .
