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CRIMES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2004 - SCHEDULE 6

SCHEDULE 6 – Amendment of Criminal Appeal Act 1912 No 16

(Section 3)

Section 7 Powers of court in special cases

Insert "or may make such other order (including an order releasing the appellant from custody, either unconditionally or subject to conditions) as the court considers appropriate" after "due process of law" in section 7 (4).

Note: This amendment allows the Court of Criminal Appeal to make the same kinds of order with respect to an appellant whom it finds not guilty by reason of mental illness as a court of trial may make under section 39 of the Mental Health (Criminal Procedure) Act 1990 in respect of a person whom a jury finds not guilty by reason of mental illness.