[53E Acquittal involving mental disorder]
Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (1995 c 46) | Legislation

[Acquittal involving mental disorder]

[53E  Acquittal involving mental disorder]

[(1)     Where the prosecutor accepts a plea (by the person charged with the commission of an offence) of the special defence set out in section 51A of this Act, the

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