2026 Annotated Mental Health Provisions of the Criminal Code, Part XX.1

Richard D. Schneider is a justice of the Ontario Court of Justice, an adjunct professor of psychiatry at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, and an adjunct professor of forensic science at the University of Toronto Mississauga.Caitlin Pakosh is an assistant Crown attorney in Newmarket, Ontario, and an assistant professor in the Department of Forensic Science at the University of Toronto Mississauga.Lora Patton is a lawyer, teacher, researcher, and former counsel to the director of the Psychiatric Patient Advocate Office in Ontario.

• 1. Section 2, Definitions 2. Section 672.1(1), Definitions 3. Defence of Mental Disorder: Section 16 4. Ancillary Orders 5. Assessment Orders 6. Fitness to Stand Trial 7. Review Boards 8. Disposition Hearings 9. Dispositions by a Court or Review Board 10. Terms of Dispositions11. High-Risk Accused 12. Dual Status Offenders 13. Appeals 14. Review of Dispositions 15. Power to Compel Appearance 16. Stay of Proceedings 17. Interprovincial Transfers 18. Enforcement of Orders and Regulations Appendix AFitness to Stand Trial and Criminal Responsibility: An Introductory Overview Appendix BORB Rules of Procedure Appendix CCriminal Code Forms