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MENTAL HEALTH ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1961 - SECT 102

Assisting patients to absent themselves without leave, etc.

102.(1) Any person who induces or knowingly assists any other person

(a)being liable under this Act to be detained in a hospital or
private hospital, or being subject to guardianship under this Act, to absent
himself without leave; or

(b)being in legal custody by virtue of section one hundred and seven, to
escape from such custody;

(2) Any person who knowingly harbours a patient who is absent without leave or
is otherwise at large and liable to be retaken under this Act, or gives him
any assistance with intent to prevent, hinder or interfere with his being
taken into custody or returned to the hospital or other place where he ought
to be, shall be guilty of an offence.

(3) Any person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable

(a)on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months
or to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds, or to both;

(b)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two
years or to a fine not exceeding five hundred pounds, or to both.


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