(1) Any person who rescues any person of unsound mind while being conveyed to or while confined in any mental hospital under this Act, and any officer or servant of any mental hospital who secretes or through wilful neglect or connivance permits to escape any patient confined in any mental hospital under this Act, commits a misdemeanour and on conviction thereof is liable to be imprisoned with or without hard labour for any term not exceeding one year.
(2) Any officer or servant of any mental hospital who carelessly permits any patient confined therein under this Act to escape commits an offence against this Act, and on conviction thereof before a magistrate may be fined in any sum not exceeding $96.