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Section 226: Kidnapping with intent to murder or ransom

226.Kidnapping or detaining with intent to murder, etc.

(1)Any person who by force or fraud kidnaps, abducts, takes away or detains any person against his or her will—

(a)with intent that that person may be murdered or may be so disposed of as to be put in danger of being murdered;

(b)with knowledge that that person will probably be murdered; or

(c)with intent to procure a ransom or benefit for the liberation of that person from the danger of being murdered,

commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to suffer death.

(2)Where a person who is kidnapped or detained is not seen or heard of within a period of six months or more, the accused person shall be presumed to have had the intention and knowledge stipulated in subsection (1) (a) and (b).

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You can be convicted of kidnapping if you use force or fraud to take someone away with the intent to have them murdered or put in danger of being murd...

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