§ 43A-5-103. Unlawful or malicious confinement in institution.

Any person who shall knowingly contrive or conspire to have ordered or admitted any person to an institution for the mentally ill or a facility for the treatment of alcohol-dependent or drug-dependent persons, unlawfully or maliciously shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be fined not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or confined in jail not to exceed one (1) year, or both such fine and imprisonment.

Added by Laws 1953, p. 174, § 131, emerg. eff. June 3, 1953.  Amended by Laws 1986, c. 103, § 63, eff. Nov. 1, 1986.  Renumbered from § 131 by Laws 1986, c. 103, § 103, eff. Nov. 1, 1986.