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 * (b) in any other case, the Court shall substitute for the finding a finding of not guilty:

Provided that the Court shall not have power by virtue of this subsection to impose a sentence of death, and where apart from this proviso a sentence of death would be required by law, the sentence shall (whatever the circumstances) be one of imprisonment for life.

(4) Where in pursuance of a finding of not guilty by reason of insanity a person is detained under section 71 of the Mental Health Act 1959, section 64 of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1960 or section 57 of the Mental Health Act (Northern Ireland) 1961, and the Court in accordance with subsection (3)(b) above substitute a finding of not guilty, then (subject to section 6(4) of this Act as applied by this section) if the Court are of opinion—
 * (a) that the person in question is suffering from mental disorder (within the meaning of the Mental Health Act 1959) of a nature or degree which warrants his detention in a hospital under observation (with or without other medical treatment) for at least a limited period; and
 * (b) that he ought to be so detained in the interests of his own health or safety or with a view to the protection of other persons,

the Court shall make an order for his continued detention under the Act; and the order shall be sufficient authority for him to be be detained, and the Act shall apply, as if on the date of the order he had been admitted to the hospital in pursuance of an application duly made under the Act (being in England or Wales an application for admission for observation).

In this subsection any reference to the Mental Health Act (Northern Ireland) 1961 or any provision thereof includes any corresponding Act or provision for the time being in force in Northern Ireland.

(5) Where there is an appeal against a finding that the accused was unfit to stand his trial, then—
 * (a) where that question was determined by the court-martial at a time later than on arraignment or, in the case of a naval court-martial, later than on the commencement of the trial, the appeal may be allowed (notwithstanding that the finding was properly come to) if the Court are of opinion that the case is one in which the court-martial should before that time have come to a finding of not guilty;
 * (b) if the Court are of that opinion, the Court shall substitute a finding of not guilty, and the appellant shall then not be