Rescuing mentally ill persons
115 Rescuing mentally ill persons
Any person who:
rescues any person during his conveyance as a mentally ill person to a hospital or other institution for the mentally ill or to a custodial correctional facility, or rescues any person during his confinement as a mentally ill person in any such place;
being in charge of a person during his conveyance as a mentally ill person to any such place permits him to escape from custody;
being a superintendent of, or person employed in, any such place permits a person confined therein as a mentally ill person to escape therefrom; or
conceals any such person as aforesaid who has, to his knowledge, been rescued during such conveyance or confinement or has, to his knowledge, escaped during such conveyance or from such confinement,
is guilty of an offence and is liable to imprisonment for 3 years.
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