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Sentencing Act 2002

Sentences, orders, and related matters - Amendments to other enactments - Amendments to Criminal Justice Act 1985

169: Power of court to commit to institution on conviction

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"Courts can no longer send you to a special place if you're found guilty of a crime."

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If you are found guilty of a crime, a court can send you to a special place. This is because of a law that used to be in the Sentencing Act 2002. The court has the power to do this, but the law that lets them do it has been repealed.

You can find out more about the law that repealed this power by looking at the Criminal Procedure (Mentally Impaired Persons) Act 2003. This law changed the way courts can deal with people who have been found guilty. It stopped the court from being able to send you to a special place on 1 September 2004.

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Part 2Sentences, orders, and related matters
Amendments to other enactments: Amendments to Criminal Justice Act 1985

169Power of court to commit to institution on conviction (Repealed)

    Notes
    • Section 169: repealed, on , by section 51 of the Criminal Procedure (Mentally Impaired Persons) Act 2003 (2003 No 115).