Section 75, The Criminal Procedure Act, 2024

(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in sections 73and 74 where it is certified by the officer in charge of a mental hospital or other medical practitioner appointed for that purpose by the Chief Medical Officer, that the mental balance of a defendant would be jeopardised by the strain of a trial, the proceedings against the defendant shall be discontinued unless the Attornay-General and Minister of Justice informs the Court that he considers it essential in the public interest for the trial to proceed. (2) Where the proceedings are discontinued under subsection (1), the Court shall discharge the defendant and thereafter he shall be subject to (Cap. 127) the Lunacy Act in the same circumstances and to the same extent as a mental patient against whom proceedings have not been brought. ADMISSION TO BAIL