Special Investigating Units and Special Tribunals Act, 1996
R 385
Defence Act, 1957 (Act No. 44 of 1957)SchedulesFirst Schedule123. Unsoundness of mind at time of commission of offence |
Whenever a military court trying an accused for an offence is satisfied from evidence (including medical evidence) given before it that at the time of the commission of the offence the accused was mentally disordered or defective so as not to be responsible according to law for the act or omission constituting the offence, it shall find the accused not guilty.