Mental Health Act 2001 · Updated to 1 Feb 2014 · Part XII · General
88. Penalty for improper reception and detention
Feedback & supportSubject to section 79, any person who—
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
psychiatric hospital
“psychiatric hospital” means a government psychiatric hospital or a private psychiatric hospital including a gazetted private psychiatric hospital;
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.