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Section 87

Abetment of escape of patient

of Mental Health Act 2001

ActIn forceProvision 87 of 94
Section 87

Any attendant, nurse, servant or other person employed in, or otherwise engaged by, any government psychiatric hospital or gazetted private psychiatric hospital who permits or abets the escape or attempted escape of any patient commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding five thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both.

Penalty for improper reception and detention