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Mental Disorder Review Board

The NWT Mental Disorder Review Board reviews dispositions concerning any accused person for whom a verdict of "not criminally responsible because of a mental disorder" or "unfit to stand trial" is rendered according to provisions of the Criminal Code, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46, s672.38(1).

Criminal Code of Canada Part XX.1 Mental Disorder

For more information, please contact:

Colin G. Gordon
Director, Court Services
Department of Justice
Government of the Northwest Territories
PO Box 1320
Yellowknife NT  X1A 2L9
Telephone:  (867) 873-7488
Fax:           (867) 873-0562

Katherine Peterson, Chair
Mental Disorder Review Board of the NWT
4902 - 49th Street
Yellowknife NT X1A 2N7
 

 
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