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MEDICAL TREATMENT PLANNING AND DECISIONS ACT 2016 (NO. 69 OF 2016) - SECT 14

Offence to induce giving of advance care directive

    (1)     A person must not, by dishonesty or undue influence, induce another person to give an advance care directive.

Penalty:     600 penalty units or imprisonment for 5 years or both in the case of a natural person;

2400 penalty units in the case of a body corporate.

    (2)     An advance care directive given in contravention of subsection (1) is void and of no effect.



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