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MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2015 - SECT 168

Psychiatric surgery not to be performed without approval or if person refuses

A doctor commits an offence if—

        (a)     the doctor performs psychiatric surgery on a person; and

        (b)     the doctor—

              (i)     does not have the chief psychiatrist's approval for performance of the surgery; or

              (ii)     has been told under section 174 that the person refuses to have the surgery performed.

Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or both.


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