Section 36: Remand of accused person to hospital for treatment
This is available to the Crown Court where (s36(1)):
(a) he is suffering from mental disorder of a nature or degree which makes it appropriate for him to be detained in a hospital for medical treatment; and
(b) appropriate medical treatment is available for him
By s36(6): ‘An accused person shall not be remanded or further remanded under this section for more than 28 days at a time or for more than 12 weeks in all; and the court may at any time terminate the remand if it appears to the court that it is appropriate to do so.’
The only route to discharge is via the court process.
The patient is subject to the Part 4 ‘Consent to Treatment’ provisions.
INFORMATION
- Representation
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- Section 37: hospital order
- Section 37/41: hospital order with restrictions
- Conditional discharge resources
- Sections 47, 48 and 49: transferred prisoners
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- Notional s37
- Section 45A: hospital direction
- Section 38: interim hospital order
- Section 135: Warrant to search for and remove patients
- Section 136: Mentally disordered persons found in public places
- Section 35: Remand to hospital for report on accused’s mental condition
- Section 36: Remand of accused person to hospital for treatment
- Section 37: guardianship order
- Section 43: committal by magistrates for restriction order
- Section 44: committal to hospital under s43
- Section 51(5): hospital order without conviction
- Detention under insanity legislation
- Admission order
- Aftercare
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