Section 86
Ill-treatment of patient
Any Medical Director or person in charge of, or an officer or a staff of, or persons otherwise employed in or engaged by, a psychiatric hospital, psychiatric nursing home, community mental health centre, or any other government or private healthcare premises who—
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(a)
ill-treats or willfully neglects a patient for the time being receiving treatment for mental disorder as an in-patient in that psychiatric hospital, psychiatric nursing home, community mental health centre or government or private healthcare premises; or
(b)
ill-treats or willfully neglects, on the premises of which such psychiatric hospital, psychiatric nursing home, community mental health centre, or government or private healthcare facility forms a part, a patient for the time being receiving treatment there as an out-patient, commits an offence.
(2)
A person who ill-treats or willfully neglects a mentally disordered person who is in his custody or under his care and protection commits an offence.
(3)
A person who commits an offence under this section shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding ten thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.