Section 20
Aggravated abuse of persons with disabilities
of Persons with Disabilities Act
(1)
A person who commits aggravated abuse on a person with disabilities is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $30,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 years with or without whipping not exceeding 12 strokes or both.
(2)
For the purposes of subsection (1), “aggravated abuse on a person with disabilities” occurs when a person does any of the following —
(a)
wilfully tortures, maliciously punishes or wilfully and unlawfully confines a person with disabilities; or
(b)
knowingly or wilfully abuses a person with disabilities and in so doing causes grievous bodily harm to the person with disabilities.
(3)
In subsection (2)(a), “confine” includes caging or restraining a person with disabilities.
Persons with Disabilities
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