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Procedure where person indicted appears on arraignment, or during trial, to be insane

Cap. 96, s. 119 · Revised Edition 2020

If any accused person appears, either before or on arraignment, to be insane, the court may order a jury to be empanelled to try the sanity of that person, and the jury shall thereupon, after hearing evidence for that purpose, find whether he is or is not insane and unfit to take his trial.
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Procedure where person indicted appears on arraignment, or during trial, to be insane — Cap. 96 s. 119 · Belize Law