New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 1986 - SECT 93

93 Committal for trial where unfitness to be tried raised

(1) The Magistrate may commit an accused person for trial for an offence if--

(a) the question of the person's unfitness to be tried for the offence is raised by the accused person, the prosecutor or the Magistrate, and

(b) if the question is raised by the accused person or the prosecutor, the Magistrate is satisfied that it has been raised in good faith.

(2) The question of the person's unfitness to be tried for an offence may be raised at any time in the committal proceedings.

(3) The Magistrate may require a psychiatric or other report relating to the accused person to be supplied to the Magistrate by the accused person or the prosecutor before committing a person for trial under this section.