New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MENTAL HEALTH AND COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT FORENSIC PROVISIONS ACT 2020 - SECT 113

113 Aiding or permitting escape

(1) A person must not release or attempt to release a person who is being conveyed to or detained in a mental health facility or other place under this Act.

(2) A medical superintendent or any other person employed in a mental health facility must not--

(a) intentionally or negligently permit a person detained in the facility under this Act to escape from the facility, or

(b) aid a person so detained to escape or attempt to escape from a mental health facility.

: Maximum penalty--

(a) on conviction on indictment--imprisonment for 3 years, or

(b) on summary conviction--imprisonment for 1 year or 10 penalty units, or both.