Norfolk Island Act 1979
60KPerson taken to be criminal lunatic under Removal of Prisoners (Territories) Act 1923
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60K Person taken to be criminal lunatic under Removal of Prisoners (Territories) Act 1923
(1) This section applies if a person who has been removed to a host jurisdiction under this Act: (a) is found to have been insane at the time of the commission of the offence; or (b) is found or certified, or otherwise lawfully proved, to be unfit, on the ground of insanity, to be tried for the offence; or (c) is convicted of an offence and afterwards certified, or otherwise lawfully proved, to be insane. (2) The person is taken: (a) to be a criminal lunatic within the meaning of the Removal of Prisoners (Territories) Act 1923; and (b) to have been removed to that jurisdiction under that Act. (3) Sections 9 and 10A of that Act apply (so far as they are capable of applying) in relation to the person accordingly.