Mental Treatment Act, 1945
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PART XIX. Miscellaneous. | ||
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General penalty. |
249.—(1) Where, in relation to any mental institution, there is a contravention (whether by act or omission) of any section or sub-section of this Act which is mentioned in the Fifth Schedule to this Act, the responsible person shall be guilty of an offence under that section or sub-section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds, together with, in the case of a continuing offence, a further fine not exceeding one pound for every day on which the offence is continued. | |
(2) In this section, the expression “the responsible person” means— | ||
(a) in relation to a mental institution registered in a register kept by the Minister under this Act—the person whose name is entered in the register in respect of the institution, and | ||
(b) in relation to any other mental institution—the mental hospital authority or other person carrying on the institution. |