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Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010

Paragraph 87 – The Coroners and Justice Act 2009

928.Paragraph 87 amends section 156 of the Coroners and Justice Act so as to substitute references to the special defence created by the new section 51A of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995, as inserted by section 168 of this Act, in place of the references to acquittal on the ground of “insanity”.

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