Criminal Cases Review (Insanity) Act 1999
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2 Reference treated as appeal: England and Wales.
(1) A reference under section 1(1) above of a verdict returned in England and Wales in the case of a person shall be treated for all purposes as an appeal by the person under section 12 of the Criminal Appeal Act 1968. (2) In their application to such a reference by virtue of subsection (1) above, sections 13 and 14 of that Act shall have effect— (a) as if references to the verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity were to the verdict referred under section 1(1) above, and (b) as if, in section 14(1)(b), for the words from the beginning to “that he” there were substituted “ the accused was under a disability and ”.
2 Reference treated as appeal: England and Wales.
(1) A reference under section 1(1) above of a verdict returned in England and Wales in the case of a person shall be treated for all purposes as an appeal by the person under section 12 of the Criminal Appeal Act 1968. (2) In their application to such a reference by virtue of subsection (1) above, sections 13 and 14 of that Act shall have effect— (a) as if references to the verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity were to the verdict referred under section 1(1) above, and (b) as if, in section 14(1)(b), for the words from the beginning to “that he” there were substituted “ the accused was under a disability and ”.
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