Mental Health Act 2013
113Certain things not to be brought into SMHU
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113 Certain things not to be brought into SMHU
(1) [Section 113 Subsection (1) amended by No. 4 of 2023, s. 116, Applied:25 Sep 2023] A person must not bring or send into an SMHU anything that the Chief Psychiatrist has not authorised to be brought or sent into the SMHU.
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 25 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months.
(2) If an SMHU staff member finds a person contravening subsection (1) –
(a) an authorised person may detain the person for such time as is necessary for the person to be arrested by a police officer under paragraph (b) ; and
(b) a police officer may arrest the person without warrant.
(3) In addition to any other penalty that may be imposed, a person who is convicted of an offence against subsection (1) is not entitled to be employed in or undertake any work, including the practice of medicine, in any SMHU unless the Minister determines otherwise.
(4) In this section –
sending into includes throwing or propelling into or dropping onto.