6.Although recommendations for a change in the law, to remove the reference in the verdict to the guilt of the accused, were made in 1923 and in 1953, no change was made until the 1960s. The Mental Health Act (Northern Ireland) 1961 repealed the 1883 Act in its application to Northern Ireland and introduced the finding of not guilty on the ground of insanity: see now article 50 of the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/595 (N.I.4)). England and Wales, the Criminal Procedure (Insanity) Act 1964 amended section 2(1) of the 1883 Act so that the verdict became one of not guilty by reason of insanity.
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