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2011 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 28 — Mental health
RS 28:181 — Improper commitment
LA Rev Stat § 28:181 What's This?
PART VII. PENALTIES
§181. Improper commitment
Any person who, alone or in conspiracy with others, unlawfully, wilfully, maliciously, and without reasonable cause, commits or attempts to commit to any mental institution any person not sufficiently ill to require care shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.
Amended by Acts 1954, No. 701, §1.
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