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Mental Health and Cognitive Impairment Forensic Provisions Act 2020
37When question of unfitness may be raised
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37 When question of unfitness may be raised
> > (1) The question of a defendant’s unfitness to be tried for an offence is, so far as practicable, to be raised before the defendant is arraigned on a charge in respect of the offence but may be raised at any time during the course of the hearing of the proceedings in respect of the offence.
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> > (2) The question of a defendant’s unfitness to be tried for an offence may be raised on more than one occasion in the same proceedings.