Chapter VIII - RECIPROCAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR ASSISTANCE IN CERTAIN MATTERS AND PROCEDURE FOR ATTACHMENT AND FORFEITURE OF PROPERTY (From Section 111 to Section 124)
Fitness to plead: detention authority certifies capability and the accused is brought before the court for trial. When a detainee of unsound mind is reported capable of making a defence, the detaining authority (Inspector General of Prisons for jail detainees or the Mental Health Review Board for public mental health establishments) must certify that capability, and the person must be produced before the Magistrate or Court at a time appointed by it; the court will then deal with the person under the applicable procedure and the detaining authority's certificate is receivable as evidence.
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Fitness to plead: detention authority certifies capability and the accused is brought before the court for trial.
When a detainee of unsound mind is reported capable of making a defence, the detaining authority (Inspector General of Prisons for jail detainees or the Mental Health Review Board for public mental health establishments) must certify that capability, and the person must be produced before the Magistrate or Court at a time appointed by it; the court will then deal with the person under the applicable procedure and the detaining authority's certificate is receivable as evidence.
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