California Statutes

§ 7326. — 7326. (Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 624.)

California·Code WIC Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC·Div. 7. DIVISION 7. MENTAL INSTITUTIONS·Ch. 2. CHAPTER 2. State Hospitals for the Mentally Disordered·Art. 5. ARTICLE 5. Transfer of Patients
Any person who willfully assists any judicially committed or remanded patient of a state hospital or other public or private mental health facility to escape, to attempt to escape therefrom, or to resist being returned from a leave of absence shall be punished by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code, a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both such imprisonment and fine; or by imprisonment in a county jail for a period of not more than one year, a fine of not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000), or both such imprisonment and fine.

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Legislative History

Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 624. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.
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