58 Order for hospital admission or guardianship
Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (1995 c 46) | Legislation

Hospital orders and guardianship

58  Order for hospital admission or guardianship

[(1)     . . .

(1A)     Where a person is convicted [in the High Court or the sheriff court of an offence, other than an offence the sentence for which is fixed by law, punishable by that court with imprisonment,] and the court is satisfied—

(a)     on the evidence of two medical practitioners (complying with section 61 of this Act and with any requirements imposed under section 57(3) of the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 4)) that the grounds set out in section 58(1)(a) of that Act apply in relation to the offender;

(b)     that no other means provided by or under this Act would be sufficient to enable the offender's interests in his personal welfare to be safeguarded or promoted,

the court may, subject to subsection (2) below, by order place the offender's personal welfare under the guardianship of such local authority or of such

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