Sec. 17a-83. (Formerly Sec. 17-205j). Penalty for conspiring to commit any child to a hospital for mental illness. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 17a-83. (Formerly Sec. 17-205j). Penalty for conspiring to commit any child to a hospital for mental illness. Any person who wilfully files or attempts to file or conspires with any person to file a fraudulent or malicious application, order or request for the commitment, hospitalization or treatment of any child pursuant to section 17a-76, 17a-78 or 17a-79, and any person who wilfully certifies falsely to the mental disorder of any child in any certificate provided for in this part, and any person who, under the provisions of sections 17a-75 to 17a-83, inclusive, relating to mentally ill minors, wilfully reports falsely to any court or judge that any child is mentally disordered, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than five years or both.

      (P.A. 79-511, S. 9; P.A. 81-472, S. 37, 159.)

      History: P.A. 81-472 removed Sec. 17-184 from the scope of this section; Sec. 17-205j transferred to Sec. 17a-83 in 1991.