Article 189 — Section 6: Protection of Victims with Psychological or Mental Disorder: Article (189) Crimes Perpetrated against Victims with Psychological or Mental Disorder
Book 3: COURTS · Part 2: Trial Procedures · Chapter 1: General Provisions: Section I: Service of Process Upon Litigants: Article (157) Appearance of the Accused Before the Court · Section 5: The Defendant Suffering from Mental Disability or Physiological Disorder: Article (185) Placing the Defendant at a Medical Treatment Facility or Elsewhere
If a crime is committed against a person with a psychological or mental disorder, the competent court may, either sua sponte or upon motion of the Public Prosecution, issue an order to place him temporarily at a hospital or medical treatment facility or to hand him over to his family or a trusted person - as the case may be - until the case is adjudicated on.
Interpretation and application must be checked against the official text and current version.
