241Blackmail

241 Blackmail

[Section 241 Substituted by No. 74 of 1975, s. 7 ]

(1)  Any person who, with a view to temporary or permanent gain for himself or for any other person or with intent to cause temporary or permanent loss to any other person, makes any unwarranted demand with menaces, is guilty of a crime.

Charge:  Blackmail.

(2)  For the purposes of subsection (1)  –

(a) a demand with menaces is unwarranted unless the person making it does so in the belief that –

(i) he has reasonable grounds for making the demand; and

(ii) the use of the menaces is a proper means of reinforcing the demand; and

(b) the nature of the act or omission that constitutes a demand is immaterial, and it is also immaterial whether the menaces relate to action to be taken by the person making the demand.