Act 9
Penal Code Act
2008
or to any public servant or that the place of such confinement
may not be known to or discovered by any such person or public
servant as hereinbefore mentioned, commits an offence, and
upon conviction, shall be sentenced to imprisonment for a term
not exceeding two years, in addition to any other sentence to
which he or she may be liable for such wrongful confinement.
287. Wrongful Confinement to Extort Property or Constrain to
Illegal Act.
Whoever, wrongfully confines any person for the purpose of
extorting from the person confined or from any person interested
in the person confined any property or document of title or of
constraining the person confined or any person interested in such
person to do any thing illegal or to give any information which may
facilitate the commission of an offence, commits an offence, and
upon conviction, shall be sentenced to imprisonment for a term not
exceeding five years with a fine or with both.
288. Wrongful Confinement to Extort Confession or Compel
Restoration of Property.
Whoever, wrongfully confines any person for the purpose of
extorting from the person confined or any person interested in
the person confined any confession or any information which
may lead to the detection of an offence or misconduct or for the
purpose of constraining the person confined or any person
interested in the person confined to restore or to cause the
restoration of any property or document of title or to satisfy any
claim or demand or to give information which may lead to the
restoration of any property or document of title, commits an
offence, and upon conviction, shall be sentenced to
imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or with a fine
or with both.
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