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CRIMINAL CODE 1899 - SECT 354

Kidnapping

354 Kidnapping

(1) Any person who kidnaps another person is guilty of a crime.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—7 years imprisonment.
(2) A person kidnaps another person if the person unlawfully and forcibly takes or detains the other person with intent to gain anything from any person or to procure anything to be done or omitted to be done by any person.
(3) The Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 , section 161Q states a circumstance of aggravation for an offence against this section.
(4) An indictment charging an offence against this section with the circumstance of aggravation stated in the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 , section 161Q may not be presented without the consent of a Crown Law Officer.



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