New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MENTAL HEALTH AND COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT FORENSIC PROVISIONS ACT 2020 - SECT 59

59 Verdicts at special hearings

(1) The verdicts available at a special hearing include the following--

(a) not guilty of the offence charged,

(b) a special verdict of act proven but not criminally responsible,

(c) that on the limited evidence available, the defendant committed the offence charged,

(d) that on the limited evidence available, the defendant committed an offence available as an alternative to the offence charged.

(2) A judge who determines a special hearing must include in the determination the principles of law applied by the judge and the findings of fact on which the judge relied.

(3) A special verdict of act proven but not criminally responsible may only be entered under this section if the judge is satisfied that the requirements of section 28(1) and (2) are met.