Victorian Current Acts

CRIMES (MENTAL IMPAIRMENT AND UNFITNESS TO BE TRIED) ACT 1997 - SECT 1

The purposes of this Act are—

        (a)     to define the criteria for determining if a person is unfit to stand trial;

        (b)     to replace the common law defence of insanity with a statutory defence of mental impairment;

        (c)     to provide new procedures for dealing with people who are unfit to stand trial or who are found not guilty because of mental impairment.