DISABILITY SERVICES ACT 1993 - SECT 53

DISABILITY SERVICES ACT 1993 - SECT 53

53 .         Offence of ill-treatment

                A person who ill-treats or wilfully neglects a person with disability while that person is under his or her care, supervision or authority commits an offence.

        Penalty: $4 000 or imprisonment for 12 months.

        [Section 53 amended: No. 40 of 2012 s. 24.]