Act Number: 47

Act Name: The National Security Guard Act, 1986

Year: 1986

Enactment Date: 1986-09-22

Long Title: An Act to provide for the constitution and regulation of an armed force of the Union for combating terrorist activities with a view to protecting States against internal disturbances and for matters connected therewith.

Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs

Department: Department of Internal Security

Section 97: Subsequent fitness of lunatic accused for trial.
    Where any accused person, having been found by reason of unsoundness of mind to be incapable of making his defence, is in custody or under detention under section 96, any officer prescribed in this behalf, may—
         (a) if such person is in custody under sub-section (4) of section 96, on the report of a medical officer that he is capable of making his defence, or
         (b) if such person is detained in a jail under sub-section (5) of section 96, on a certificate of the Inspector-General of Prisons, and if such person is detained in a lunatic asylum under the said sub-section, on a certificate of any two or more of the visitors of such asylum and if he is detained in any other place under that sub-section, on a certificate of the prescribed authority, that he is capable of making his defence,
take steps to have such person tried by the same or another Security Guard Court for the offence with which he was originally charged or, if the offence is a civil offence, by a Criminal Court.
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