Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

CRIMINAL CODE (MENTAL IMPAIRMENT) AMENDMENT ACT 2006 (NO. 14 OF 2006) - SECT 8

substitute

    (7)     If the trier of fact is satisfied that a person is not criminally responsible for an offence only because of mental impairment, it must—

        (a)     for an offence dealt with before the Supreme Court—return or enter a special verdict that the person is not guilty of the offence because of mental impairment; or

        (b)     for any other offence—find the person not guilty of the offence because of mental impairment.