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Crimes Act 1958
27Extortion with threat to kill
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27 Extortion with threat to kill
A person who makes a demand of another person—
(a) with a threat to kill or inflict injury on a person (other than the offender or an accomplice of the offender); or
(b) with a threat in circumstances where, if the threat were carried out, the life of a person (other than the offender or an accomplice of the offender) would be endangered—
S. 28 substituted by No. 10233 s. 8(2), amended by Nos 49/1991 s. 119(1)