{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/naval-courts-martial-general-orders-royal-navy-1991/article-12",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/2737",
  "legislation_title": "The Naval Courts-Martial General Orders (Royal Navy) 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/naval-courts-martial-general-orders-royal-navy-1991",
  "path": "article/12",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Unfitness to stand trial and insanity",
  "text": "–\n(1) Where on the trial of a person the question of his fitness to be tried falls at any time to be determined in accordance with the provisions of section 63(3) of the Act, the court shall take evidence as to his condition. If after considering the evidence they are of the opinion that the accused is fit to stand trial, they shall proceed with the trial; but if they are of the opinion that the accused is unfit to stand trial they shall so find and their finding shall be announced in open court forthwith.\n(2) If a court, in the course of their deliberation on their finding on the charge find pursuant to section 63(1)(b) of the Act that the accused was not guilty of the offence by reason of insanity their finding shall be announced in open court forthwith.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/2737/article/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:33:13.386859+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."
}