Person deemed to be criminal lunatic under Removal of Prisoners (Territories) Act 1923
15AJ Person deemed to be criminal lunatic under Removal of Prisoners (Territories) Act 1923
Where a person who has been removed to a State under this Act:
is found to have been insane at the time of the commission of the offence;
is found or certified, or otherwise lawfully proved, to be unfit, on the ground of insanity, to be tried for the offence; or
is convicted of an offence and afterwards certified, or otherwise lawfully proved, to be insane;
the person shall be deemed:
to be a criminal lunatic within the meaning of the Removal of Prisoners (Territories) Act 1923; and
to have been removed to that State under that Act;
and sections 9 and 10A of that Act apply (so far as they are capable of applying) in relation to the person accordingly.
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