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Mental Health Act 2013
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213 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) [Section 213 Subsection (2) amended by No. 59 of 2016, s. 65, Applied:01 Jul 2017] 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.