Penal Code · Updated to 4 Jul 2023 · Chapter XXII · Criminal Intimidation, Insult and Annoyance
506. Punishment for criminal intimidation
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Criminal intimidation is punishable by prison for up to two years, a fine, or both. A higher penalty applies if the threat is to cause death or grievous hurt, to destroy property by fire, or to accuse a woman of unchastity. That penalty is prison for up to seven years, a fine, or both.
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Whoever commits the offence of criminal intimidation shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years or with fine or with both; if the threat is to cause death or grievous hurt, or to cause the destruction of any
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property by fire, or to cause an offence punishable with death or imprisonment, or with imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years, or to impute unchastity to a woman, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years or with fine or with both.