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CONSENT TO MEDICAL TREATMENT AND PALLIATIVE CARE ACT 1995 - SECT 11

11—Penalty for fraud, undue influence etc

        (1)         A person who, by dishonesty or undue influence, induces another to execute a medical power of attorney is guilty of an offence.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years.

        (3)         A person who purports to act as a medical agent under a medical power of attorney knowing that the power of attorney has been revoked is guilty of an offence.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years.

        (3)         A person convicted or found guilty of an offence against this section forfeits any interest that that person might otherwise have had in the estate of the grantor of the power of attorney.



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