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MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2013 - SECT 213

PART 2 - Offences Unlawful treatment

(1)  A person must not give a patient an unlawful treatment.
Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 100 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year.
(2)  For the purposes of subsection (1) , a treatment is unlawful if it is given without informed consent or, in the absence of informed consent, authorisation under this Act or any other law.



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