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Sentencing Act 2002

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

170: Power of court to require psychiatric report

You could also call this:

"Courts can ask a mind doctor to write a report about you to help make decisions"

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The court has the power to ask for a psychiatric report about you. This means a doctor who specialises in the mind will write a report about you. The court can use this report to help make decisions about you.

A law called the Criminal Procedure (Mentally Impaired Persons) Act 2003 changed this rule, you can read more about it on the New Zealand legislation website. This change happened on 1 September 2004. The rule about the court asking for a psychiatric report is no longer used.

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

170Power of court to require psychiatric report (Repealed)

    Notes
    • Section 170: repealed, on , by section 51 of the Criminal Procedure (Mentally Impaired Persons) Act 2003 (2003 No 115).