Singapore legislation

Section 3

of Kidnapping Act 1961

Section 3

Abduction, wrongful restraint or wrongful confinement for ransom

Amended byS 22/89

Whoever, with intent to hold any person for ransom, abducts or wrongfully restrains or wrongfully confines that person shall be guilty of an offence and shall be punished on conviction with death or imprisonment for life and shall, if he is not sentenced to death, also be liable to caning.