1. If it is found by the court that the convicted person is insane, the judge shall make and enter an order staying the execution of the judgment of death until the convicted person becomes sane, and shall therein order the Director of the Department of Corrections to confine such person in a safe place of confinement until the convicted person’s reason is restored.
2. The clerk of the court shall serve or cause to be served three certified copies of the order, one on the Director, one on the Governor, for the use of the State Board of Pardons Commissioners, and one on the clerk of the district court of the county in which the conviction was had.
3. If the convicted person thereafter becomes sane, notice of this fact shall be given by the Director to a judge of the court staying the execution of the judgment, and the judge, upon being satisfied that such person is then sane, shall enter an order vacating the order staying the execution of the judgment.
4. The clerk of the court shall immediately serve or cause to be served three certified copies of such vacating order as follows: One on the Director, one on the Governor, for the use of the State Board of Pardons Commissioners, and one on the clerk of the district court of the county in which the conviction was had, who shall give notice thereof to the district attorney of such county, whereupon proceedings shall be instituted in the last mentioned district court for the issuance of a new warrant of execution of the judgment of death in the manner provided in NRS 176.495.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1441; A 1977, 861; 2001 Special Session, 219)
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