New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 249K

249K Blackmail offence

(1) A person who makes any unwarranted demand with menaces--

(a) with the intention of obtaining a gain or of causing a loss, or

(b) with the intention of influencing the exercise of a public duty,

is guilty of an offence.

: Maximum penalty--Imprisonment for 10 years.

(2) A person is guilty of an offence against this subsection if the person commits an offence against subsection (1) by an accusation, or a threatened accusation, that a person has committed a serious indictable offence.

: Maximum penalty--Imprisonment for 14 years.