Singapore legislation

Clause 65

New section 364A

The Penal Code is amended by inserting, immediately after section 364, the following section:“Kidnapping or abducting in order to compel the Government, etc.364A. Whoever —

(a)

kidnaps or abducts any person or keeps a person in detention after such kidnapping or abduction; and

(b)

threatens to cause death or hurt to such person, or by his conduct gives rise to a reasonable apprehension that such person may be put to death or hurt, or causes hurt or death to such person,in order to compel —

(i)

the Government to do or abstain from doing any act, shall be punished with death or imprisonment for life, and shall, if he is not sentenced to death, also be liable to fine or to caning; or

(ii)

any other person to do or abstain from doing any act shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 15 years, and shall also be liable to fine or to caning.”.

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