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Changes over time for: Section 48


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Version Superseded: 03/11/2008
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Point in time view as at 01/10/1997. This version of this provision has been superseded.

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There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Family Law Act 1996, Section 48.

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48 Remand for medical examination and report.E+W
(1)If the relevant judicial authority has reason to consider that a medical report will be required, any power to remand a person under section 47(7)(b) or (10) may be exercised for the purpose of enabling a medical examination and report to be made.
(2)If such a power is so exercised, the adjournment must not be for more than 4 weeks at a time unless the relevant judicial authority remands the accused in custody.
(3)If the relevant judicial authority so remands the accused, the adjournment must not be for more than 3 weeks at a time.
(4)If there is reason to suspect that a person who has been arrested—
(a)under section 47(6), or
(b)under a warrant issued on an application made under section 47(8),
is suffering from mental illness or severe mental impairment, the relevant judicial authority has the same power to make an order under section 35 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (remand for report on accused’s mental condition) as the Crown Court has under section 35 of the Act of 1983 in the case of an accused person within the meaning of that section.
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