# The Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Rules 1968, Rule 20: Dismissal of appeal against hospital order


If the Court dismisses an appeal or an application for leave to appeal by an appellant who is subject to a hospital order under the Mental Health Act (Northern Ireland) 1961 or the Court affirms the order and the appellant has been released on bail pending his appeal, the Court shall give such direction as it thinks fit for his conveyance to the hospital from which he was released on bail and for his detention, if necessary, in a place of safety as defined in section 105(6) of the said Act pending his admission to hospital.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisro/1968/218/rule/20 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-appeal-northern-ireland-rules-1968/rule-20
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