New South Wales Repealed Acts New South Wales Repealed ActsThis legislation has been repealed.
(1) A person must not release or attempt to release a person who is being conveyed to or detained in a hospital under this Chapter.
(2) A medical superintendent or any other person employed in a hospital must not:(a) through wilful neglect or connivance, permit any person detained in a hospital under this Chapter to escape from the hospital, or(b) abet or connive at the escape of any such person from a hospital.
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.