7Meaning of hostage‑taking

7 Meaning of hostage‑taking

For the purposes of this Act, a person commits an act of hostage‑taking if the person: (a) seizes or detains another person (in this section called the hostage); and (b) threatens to kill, to injure, or to continue to detain, the hostage; with the intention of compelling: (c) a legislative, executive or judicial institution in Australia or in a foreign country; (d) an international intergovernmental organisation; or (e) any other person (whether an individual or a body corporate) or group of persons; to do, or abstain from doing, any act as an explicit or implicit condition for the release of the hostage.