Any person who takes a patient who has been lawfully admitted thereto from any institution within this department without the consent of the superintendent, or who entices, assists or encourages any such patient to escape therefrom 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.

Added by Laws 1953, HB 846, p. 174, § 133, emerg. eff. June 3, 1953; Renumbered from § 133 by Laws 1986, HB 2021, c. 103, § 103, eff. November 1, 1986.