- (i) in the case where death is caused to the patient, to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years or to both; or
- (ii) in any other case, to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 4 years or to both; or
- (b) under subsection (5) shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years or to both.
PART III
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Construction of laws
23. Where in any written law or other document any reference to a lunatic or to lunacy or to a lunatic asylum, an asylum or a psychiatric institution is contained, that reference, unless the context otherwise requires, shall be read as a reference to a mentally disordered person or a patient within the meaning of this Act, or to mental disorder, or to a psychiatric institution, respectively.
Order or certificate
24. Every order or certificate of a designated medical practitioner shall be evidence of the facts appearing in the order or certificate and of the judgment therein stated to have been formed by the person certifying on such facts, as if the matters therein appearing had been verified on oath.
Protection of person enforcing Act
25.—(1) Where a person has—
- (a) made a request for the reception of any patient, or signed or carried out or done any act with a view to signing or carrying out any report, application, recommendation, or certificate purporting to be a report, application, recommendation or certificate under this Act; or
