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November 1990
People v Sifu [1990] ZMHC 5 (5 November 1990)
A trial court must apply Section 12 to find incapacity before ordering detention under Section 167.
  • Criminal law — Sanity and criminal responsibility — Section 12 Penal Code — Requirement to determine incapacity to understand or know wrongfulness — Special finding under Section 167 Criminal Procedure Code — Inadequacy of condensed judgment — Revision under Sections 337 and 338 CPC — Retrial and release
5 November 1990