Section 347: Wrongful confinement to extort property or constrain to illegal act
The Pakistan Penal Code · Pakistan Penal Code · Chapter XVI · in_force
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Whoever wrongfully confines any person for the purpose of extorting from the person confined, or from any person interested in the person confined, any property or valuable security or of constraining the person confined or any person interested in such person to do anything illegal or to give any information which may facilitate the commission of an offence, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Effective date: 1862-01-01
Related sections
Section 346: Wrongful confinement in secretSection 348: Wrongful confinement to extort confession, or compel restoration of propertySection 345: Wrongful confinement of person for whose liberation writ has been issuedSection 349: ForceSection 344: Wrongful confinement for ten or more daysSection 350: Criminal force
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