[5A Orders made under or by virtue of section 5]

[5A  Orders made under or by virtue of section 5]

[(1)     In relation to the making of an order by virtue of subsection (2)(a) of section 5 above, section 37 (hospital orders etc) of the Mental Health Act 1983 (“the 1983 Act”) shall have effect as if—

(a)     the reference in subsection (1) to a person being convicted before the Crown Court included a reference to the case where section 5 above applies;

(b)     the words after “punishable with imprisonment” and before “or is convicted” were omitted; and

(c)     for subsections (4) and (5) there were substituted—

“(4)     Where an order is made under this section requiring a person to be admitted to a hospital (“a hospital order”), it shall be the duty of the managers of the hospital specified in the order to admit him in accordance with it.”

(2)     In relation to

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