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Commentary on Mental Illness Under the Crimes Act 1914 (Cth)
The Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) contains provisions specifically dealing with federal offenders with a mental illness or intellectual disability.
- Division
6 - Unfitness to be tried
- Division
7 - Acquittal because of mental illness
- Division
8 - Summary disposition of persons suffering from mental illness
or intellectual disability (see commentary
on Division 8)
- Division 9 - Sentencing alternatives for persons suffering from mental illness or intellectual disability (see commentary on Division 9)
Nb. Division 9 of the Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) sets out sentencing alternatives that arise post conviction.
See ‘Sentencing a Person with a Mental Condition’ for commentary on s 16A(2)(m).