Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. VI (ss. 52-63) power to apply conferred (prosp.) by 1955 c. 18, s. 116B(4)(c) (as substituted (prosp.) by 1996 c. 46, ss. 8, 36(2), Sch. 2 para. 1 (the said 1996 c. 46, Sch. 2 was repealed (21.3. 2005) by Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (c. 28), s. 58(2), Sch. 11; S.I. 2005/579, art. 3(i)(ix))
Pt. VI (ss. 52-63) power to apply conferred (prosp.) by 1995 c. 19, s. 116B(4)(c) (as substituted (prosp.) by 1996 c. 46, ss. 8, 36(2), Sch. 2 para. 1) (the said 1996 c. 46, Sch. 2 was repealed (21.3. 2005) by Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (c. 28), s. 58(2), Sch. 11; S.I. 2005/579, art. 3(i)(ix))
Pt. VI (ss. 52-63) power to apply conferred (prosp.) by 1957 c. 53, s. 63B(4)(c) (as substituted (prosp.) by 1996 c. 46, ss. 8, 36(2), Sch. 2 para. 4) (the said 1996 c. 46, Sch. 2 was repealed (21.3. 2005) by Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (c. 28), s. 58(2), Sch. 11; S.I. 2005/579, art. 3(i)(ix))
C2Pt. VI (ss. 52-63) applied (prosp.) by 1955 c. 18, s. 116C(6) (as substituted (prosp.) by 1996 c. 46, ss. 8, 36(2), Sch. 2 para. 1) (the said 1996 c. 46, Sch. 2 was repealed (21.3. 2005) by Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (c. 28), s. 58(2), Sch. 11; S.I. 2005/579, art. 3(i)(ix))
Pt. VI (ss. 52-63) applied (prosp.) by 1955 c. 19, s. 116C(6) (as substituted (prosp.) by 1996 c. 46, ss. 8, 36(2), Sch. 2 para. 1) (the said 1996 c. 46, Sch. 2 was repealed (21.3. 2005) by Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (c. 28), s. 58(2), Sch. 11; S.I. 2005/579, art. 3(i)(ix))
Pt. VI (ss. 52-63) applied (prosp.) by 1957 c. 53, s. 63C(6) (as substituted (prosp.) by 1996 c. 46, ss. 8, 36(2), Sch. 2 para. 4) (the said 1996 c. 46, Sch. 2 was repealed (21.3. 2005) by Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (c. 28), s. 58(2), Sch. 11; S.I. 2005/579, art. 3(i)(ix))
Pt. VI (ss. 52-63) applied (prosp. ) by 1968 c. 20, s. 23(4) (as substituted (prosp.) by 1996 c. 46, ss. 8, 36(2), Sch. 2 para. 9) (the said 1996 c. 46, Sch. 2 was repealed (21.3. 2005) by Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (c. 28), s. 58(2), Sch. 11; S.I. 2005/579, art. 3(i)(ix))
(1)This section applies where—
(a)a person is, by virtue of section 54(6) or 55(3) of this Act, acquitted on the ground of his insanity at the time of the act or omission; or
(b)following an examination of facts under section 55, a court makes a finding under subsection (2) of that section.
(2)Subject to subsection (3) below, where this section applies the court may, as it thinks fit—
(a)make an order (which shall have the same effect as a hospital order) that the person be detained in such hospital as the court may specify;
(b)in addition to making an order under paragraph (a) above, make an order (which shall have the same effect as a restriction order) that the person shall, without limit of time, be subject to the special restrictions set out in section 62(1) of the M1Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984;
(c)make an order (which shall have the same effect as a guardianship order) placing the [F1person’s personal welfare] under the guardianship of a local authority or of a person approved by a local authority;
(d)make a supervision and treatment order (within the meaning of paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 4 to this Act); or
(e)make no order.
[F2(3)Where the court is satisfied, having regard to a report submitted in respect of the person following an interim hospital order, that, on a balance of probabilities, the risk his being at liberty presents to the safety of the public at large is high, it shall make orders under both paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (2) above in respect of that person.]
(4)Sections 58(1), [F358(1A),] (2) and (4) to (7) and 59 and 61 of this Act shall have effect in relation to the making, terms and effect of an order under paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of subsection (2) above as those provisions have effect in relation to the making, terms and effect of, respectively, a hospital order, a restriction order and a guardianship order as respects a person convicted of an offence, other than an offence the sentence for which is fixed by law, punishable by imprisonment.
(5)Schedule 4 to this Act shall have effect as regards supervision and treatment orders.
[F4(6)Section 58A of this Act shall have effect as regards guardianship orders made under subsection (2)(c) of this section.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 57(2)(c) substituted (1.4.2002) by 2000 asp 4, s. 88(2), Sch. 5 para. 26(1)(a); S.S.I. 2001/81, art. 3, Sch. 2
F2S. 57(3) substituted (27.6.2003) by Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 7), ss. {2(b)}, 89; S.S.I. 2003/288, art. 2, Sch.
F3Words in s. 57(4) inserted (1.4.2002) by 2000 asp 4, s. 88(2), Sch. 5 para. 26(1)(b); S.S.I. 2001/81, art. 3, Sch. 2
F4S. 57(6) inserted (1.4.2002) by 2000 asp 4, s. 88(2), Sch. 5 para. 26(1)(c); S.S.I. 2001/81, art. 3, Sch. 2
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C3S. 57(2)(a) extended (1.1.1998) by 1997 c. 48, s. 9(1)(a) (subject to s. 9(2)); S.I. 1997/2323, art. 4, Sch. 2 (subject to art. 7)
Marginal Citations