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Section 88

Subject to section 79, any person who—

of Mental Health Act 2001

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Section 88

(a)

otherwise than in accordance with the provisions of this

Act or any other written law, receives or detains in a

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psychiatric hospital a person who is or is alleged to be mentally disordered; or

(b)

for gain, detains in any place, not being a psychiatric hospital, any number of mentally disordered persons, commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven years or to both.