Penal Code · Updated to 4 Jul 2023 · Chapter XXII · Criminal Intimidation, Insult and Annoyance
507. Criminal intimidation by an anonymous communication
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Criminal intimidation through an anonymous message can bring up to two years in prison. The same applies if the person takes steps to hide the name or home of the one making the threat. This prison term is added to the punishment under section 506.
Summary · Drafted with AI, checked against the official text on 30 Sep 2026.
Whoever commits the offence of criminal intimidation by an anonymous communication, or by having taken precautions to conceal the name or abode of the person from whom the threat comes, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, in addition to the punishment provided for the offence by section 506.
Stalking 507a. (1) Whoever repeatedly by any act of harassment, intending to cause, or knowing or ought to know that the act is likely to cause, distress, fear or alarm to any person of the person’s safety, commits an offence of stalking.
For the purposes of subsection (1), the act of harassment may include the following:
following or tracking a person in any manner or by any means;
communicating or attempting to communicate with a person in any manner or by any means;
loitering at the place of residence or business of a person;
giving or sending any thing to a person in any manner or by any means.
Whoever commits the offence of stalking shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years or with fine or with both.
In this section, “repeatedly” shall refer to at least two occasions.