# Naval Discipline Act 1860, Section LVIII: Where Persons are insane at the Time of Offence or Trial.


Where it shall appear upon the Trial by Court-martial of any Person charged with an Offence that such Person is insane, the Court shall find specially the Fact of his Insanity, and shall order such Person to be kept in strict Custody in such Place and in such Manner as to the Court shall deem fit, until the Directions of the Admiralty thereupon are known; and it shall be lawful for the Lords of the Admiralty to give Orders for the safe Custody of such Person during Her Majesty's Pleasure, in such Place and in such Manner as they shall think fit.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/23-24/123/section/LVIII (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/naval-discipline-act-1860/section-LVIII
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