Examples of Mentally disordered in a sentence
Mentally disordered offenders who are subject to MAPPA may be detained in hospital either: • having been sent there directly by the court making a hospital or guardianship order (s.37 of the MHA 1983), with or without a restriction order (s.41 of the MHA 1983); or • as prisoners whose detention in hospital was directed by the court (s.45A of the MHA 1983) or by the Secretary of State (s.47 of the MHA 1983).
Further information on hospital orders can be found in Chapter 26 – Mentally disordered offenders.
The safeguard option expired on January 1, 2004, a decade after NAFTA’s entry into force.
Mentally disordered defendants will always pose difficult questions for the criminal law.
Mentally disordered people who come into contact with the law should receive care and support from health or social work services.