Trial of Lunatics Act 1883
Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
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It was cited in 1991 in the case of R v Burgess regarding the automatism defence.
The form of special verdict provided for by this act was commonly known as guilty but insane. This expression was not an accurate description of that verdict.
Subsequent developments
Section 4 of the act was repealed by section 1(1) of, and group 5 of part I of schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989, which came into force on 16 November 1989.
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