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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-insanity-act-1964/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-insanity-act-1964/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1964/84",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Procedure (Insanity) Act 1964",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-insanity-act-1964",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to amend the form of the special verdict required by section 2 of the Trial of Lunatics Act 1883 and the procedure for determining whether an accused person is under a disability such as to constitute a bar to his being tried; to provide for an appeal against such a special verdict or a finding that the accused is under such a disability; to confer on the court of trial and the Court of Criminal Appeal further powers of making orders for admission to hospital; to empower the prosecution to put forward evidence of insanity or diminished responsibility; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.\n[31st July 1964]",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Act wholly in force at 31.8.1964 see s. 8(3)."
    },
    {
      "type": "E",
      "label": "E1",
      "text": "For extent of this Act see s. 8(4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1964/84/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:58:30.374211+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}