297Conspiracy

297 Conspiracy

[Section 297 Amended by No. 68 of 1994, s. 3 and Sched. 1 ]

(1)  Any person who conspires with another –

(a) to kill any person, whether a subject of His Majesty or not, and whether he is in this State or elsewhere, under circumstances which, if he were killed in this State, would constitute murder;

(b) to obstruct, prevent, pervert, or defeat the due course of justice, or the administration of the law, whether such purpose is to be effected in this State or elsewhere;

(c) to commit any crime;

(d) [Section 297 Amended by No. 23 of 2013, s. 4, Applied:01 Sep 2013] .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  

(e) to extort, by any means, any property whatever from any person;

(f) to inflict by any unlawful means any injury or harm upon the public, or any particular person or class of persons;

(g) to facilitate the seduction of a woman;

(h) to do any act involving, and known to be likely to involve, public mischief; or

(i) to do any act without lawful justification or excuse with intent thereby to injure any person –

is guilty of a crime.

Charge:  Conspiracy.

(2)  [Section 297 Amended by No. 7 of 2019, s. 31, Applied:08 May 2019] Married persons are not criminally responsible for any conspiracy between themselves only.

(3)  Nothing in this section shall affect the provisions of the Trades Unions Act 1889 .