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CRIMINAL JUSTICE (MENTAL IMPAIRMENT) ACT 1999 - SECT 13

Finding that defendant is not unfit to stand trial
(1)  If an investigation is completed before a jury is empanelled for the purposes of a trial and the court does not find that the defendant is unfit to stand trial, the court must call on the defendant to plead to the charge and, if he or she does not do so, must enter a plea of not guilty.
(2)  If an investigation is completed after a jury is empanelled for the purposes of a trial and the court does not find that the defendant is unfit to stand trial, the court must resume the proceedings in accordance with appropriate criminal procedures.



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