CRIMINAL LAW (MENTALLY IMPAIRED ACCUSED) ACT 1996 - SECT 6
CRIMINAL LAW (MENTALLY IMPAIRED ACCUSED) ACT 1996 - SECT 6
6 . Relationship to Mental Health Act 2014
(1) Unless the
contrary intention appears, the fact that under the Mental Health Act 2014 a
person is made an involuntary patient or is detained as an involuntary patient
does not affect the operation of this Act or the operation of the criminal law
in respect of the person.
(2) If at any time
while an accused is remanded in custody the accused under the
Mental Health Act 2014 —
(a)
becomes an involuntary patient; and
(b) is
detained in an authorised hospital,
the accused is to be
detained in the hospital subject to that Act; but if the accused is released
from that detention while remanded in custody under this Act, the person is to
be kept in custody in accordance with the remand warrant.
[Section 6 amended: No. 84 of 2004 s. 82; No. 25
of 2014 s. 13.]
[Section 6. Modifications to be applied in order
to give effect to Cross-border Justice Act 2008: section altered 1 Nov 2009.
See endnote 1M.]