§ The Lord AdvocateI beg to move in page 40, line 9, at the end to insert:
; and where the court is of opinion that further time is necessary in the interests of the accused for consideration of that report, or the substance of any such report, it shall adjourn the case.(4) For the purpose of calling evidence to rebut the evidence contained in any such report as aforesaid, arrangements may be made by or on behalf of an accused person detained in a hospital for his examination by any medical practitioner, and any such examination may be made in private".Again, this point was raised in Committee. It concerns a case which might arise where, owing to the late receipt of the medical report, a patient might suffer prejudice. It was in order to avoid that that the Amendment was tabled. First, it puts a duty on the court to adjourn a case where it is of opinion that it is in the interests of the patient that he should have an adjournment. Secondly, it makes provision for examination in private at a hospital for the purpose of calling evidence to rebut what I might call the other side's medical evidence.
§ Amendment agreed to.