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<section article="gcp" article_name="Criminal Procedure" number="3-117" title_number="3" title_name="Incompetency and Criminal Responsibility in Criminal Cases" subtitle_number="1">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Within 30 days after the court receives the report of recommendations from the Office:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the court on its own initiative may hold a hearing; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>if timely exceptions are filed, or if the court requires more information, the court shall hold a hearing unless the committed person and the State’s Attorney waive the hearing.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The court shall hold the hearing on the record that was made before the Office.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>At the judicial hearing, the committed person is entitled to be present and to be represented by counsel.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The court may continue its hearing and remand for the Office to take additional evidence.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
