Singapore

Criminal Procedure Code

PART XIII
GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO PROCEEDINGS IN COURTS

Division 5 — Proceedings relating to persons of unsound mind


Acquittal on ground of unsound mind
251. If an accused is acquitted on the ground that at the time at which he is alleged to have committed an offence he was by reason of unsoundness of mind incapable of knowing the nature of the act as constituting the offence or that it was wrong or contrary to law, the finding must state specifically whether he committed the act or not.

Keywords

Incapacity - national proceedings
Insanity - national proceedings
Mental disease or defect - national proceedings



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