2(1)In section 15 of the Defence Act 1842—
(a)after “nonage" in both places there shall be inserted “ or mental incapacity ”;
(b)“or not of whole mind" shall be repealed;
(c)for “out of prison, within this land, or of whole mind" there shall be substituted “ within this land ”.
(2)In section 27 of that Act for “lunacy" there shall be substituted “ mental incapacity ”.