{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-scotland-act-1995/section-52",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-scotland-act-1995/section-52.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1995/46",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-scotland-act-1995",
  "path": "section/52",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "52",
  "heading": "Power of court to commit to hospital an accused suffering from mental disorder.",
  "text": "(1) Where it appears to the prosecutor in any court before which a person is charged with an offence that the person may be suffering from mental disorder, it shall be the duty of the prosecutor to bring before the court such evidence as may be available of the mental condition of that person.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 52(2)-(7) repealed (5.10.2005) by Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 13), ss. 331(2)(3), 333(1)-(4), Sch. 5 Pt. 1; S.S.I. 2005/161, art. 3 (with savings for s. 52(2)-(7) by virtue of S.S.I. 2005/452, art. 33(12))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 52(2)-(7) repealed (5.10.2005) by Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 13), ss. 331(2)(3), 333(1)-(4), Sch. 5 Pt. 1; S.S.I. 2005/161, art. 3 (with savings for s. 52(2)-(7) by virtue of S.S.I. 2005/452, art. 33(12))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 52(2)-(7) repealed (5.10.2005) by Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 13), ss. 331(2)(3), 333(1)-(4), Sch. 5 Pt. 1; S.S.I. 2005/161, art. 3 (with savings for s. 52(2)-(7) by virtue of S.S.I. 2005/452, art. 33(12))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 52(2)-(7) repealed (5.10.2005) by Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 13), ss. 331(2)(3), 333(1)-(4), Sch. 5 Pt. 1; S.S.I. 2005/161, art. 3 (with savings for s. 52(2)-(7) by virtue of S.S.I. 2005/452, art. 33(12))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 52(2)-(7) repealed (5.10.2005) by Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 13), ss. 331(2)(3), 333(1)-(4), Sch. 5 Pt. 1; S.S.I. 2005/161, art. 3 (with savings for s. 52(2)-(7) by virtue of S.S.I. 2005/452, art. 33(12))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "S. 52(2)-(7) repealed (5.10.2005) by Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 13), ss. 331(2)(3), 333(1)-(4), Sch. 5 Pt. 1; S.S.I. 2005/161, art. 3 (with savings for s. 52(2)-(7) by virtue of S.S.I. 2005/452, art. 33(12))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/46/section/52",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:43:46.035735+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."
}