Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1968
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22 Consequences where appeal under s. 21 allowed.
(1) The following provisions shall have effect where an appeal against a finding of not guilty by reason of insanity is allowed by the Appeal Court. (2) If the ground, or one of the grounds, for allowing the appeal is that the finding as to the appellant’s insanity ought not to stand and the Appeal Court are of the opinion that the proper finding would have been a finding of guilty of an offence (whether the offence charged or any other offence of which the Court Martial could have found him guilty), the Court shall substitute for the finding of the Court Martial a finding of guilty of that offence. (3) On substituting a finding of guilty of an offence, the Appeal Court shall have the like powers of sentencing the appellant, and other powers, as the Court Martial would have had on the like finding of guilty; and section 17 of this Act shall apply as in the case of a sentence passed by the Court under a provision mentioned in section 17(1). (3A) If the Appeal Court, on the written or oral evidence of two or more registered medical practitioners at least one of whom is duly approved, are of the opinion mentioned in section 16(1)(b) (court below ought to have found defendant unfit to stand trial etc)— (a) the Court shall substitute for the finding of the Court Martial findings that the appellant was unfit to stand trial and that he did the act or made the omission charged against him; and (b) section 16(2) to (5) apply as they apply for the purposes of section 16. (3B) Section 172 of the 2006 Act (meaning of “duly approved” etc) applies for the purposes of subsection (3A) (and references there to the defendant are to be read as references to the appellant). (4) If the case is not within subsection (2) or (3A), the Appeal Court must quash the finding appealed against. (5) Where the Appeal Court quash a finding of not guilty by reason of insanity, the appellant is to be treated as if he had been acquitted by the Court Martial; but this does not apply if an order under section 19 authorising the appellant to be retried is made.
22 Consequences where appeal under s. 21 allowed.
(1) The following provisions shall have effect where an appeal against a finding of not guilty by reason of insanity is allowed by the Appeal Court. (2) If the ground, or one of the grounds, for allowing the appeal is that the finding as to the appellant’s insanity ought not to stand and the Appeal Court are of the opinion that the proper finding would have been a finding of guilty of an offence (whether the offence charged or any other offence of which the Court Martial could have found him guilty), the Court shall substitute for the finding of the Court Martial a finding of guilty of that offence. (3) On substituting a finding of guilty of an offence, the Appeal Court shall have the like powers of sentencing the appellant, and other powers, as the Court Martial would have had on the like finding of guilty; and section 17 of this Act shall apply as in the case of a sentence passed by the Court under a provision mentioned in section 17(1). (3A) If the Appeal Court, on the written or oral evidence of two or more registered medical practitioners at least one of whom is duly approved, are of the opinion mentioned in section 16(1)(b) (court below ought to have found defendant unfit to stand trial etc)— (a) the Court shall substitute for the finding of the Court Martial findings that the appellant was unfit to stand trial and that he did the act or made the omission charged against him; and (b) section 16(2) to (5) apply as they apply for the purposes of section 16. (3B) Section 172 of the 2006 Act (meaning of “duly approved” etc) applies for the purposes of subsection (3A) (and references there to the defendant are to be read as references to the appellant). (4) If the case is not within subsection (2) or (3A), the Appeal Court must quash the finding appealed against. (5) Where the Appeal Court quash a finding of not guilty by reason of insanity, the appellant is to be treated as if he had been acquitted by the Court Martial; but this does not apply if an order under section 19 authorising the appellant to be retried is made.
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