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      Sec. 53a-171a. Aiding escape from hospital or sanatorium: Class A misdemeanor. (a) A person is guilty of aiding escape from a hospital or sanatorium when he aids the escape from a hospital or sanatorium of any person committed thereto as mentally ill or as drug dependent.

      (b) Aiding escape from a hospital or sanatorium is a class A misdemeanor.

      (1971, P.A. 871, S. 42; P.A. 76-336, S. 11.)

      History: P.A. 76-336 reworded Subsec. (a) for clarity and grammatical sense inserting "when he aids the escape from a hospital or sanatorium".