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Section 272: Procuring execution of deeds by threats

272.Procuring execution of deeds, etc. by threats

Any person who, with intent to defraud, and by means of any unlawful violence to, or restraint of, the person of another, or by means of any threat of violence or restraint to be used to the person of another, or by means of accusing or threatening to accuse any person of committing any felony or misdemeanour, or by offering or making any solicitation or threat to any person as an inducement to commit or permit the commission of any offence, compels or induces any person—

(a)to execute, make, accept, endorse, alter or destroy the whole or any part of any valuable security; or

(b)to write any name or impress or affix any seal upon or to any paper or parchment, in order that it may be afterwards made or converted into or used or dealt with as a valuable security,

commits a felony and is liable, on conviction, to imprisonment for a term of fourteen years.

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You cannot force another person to sign, alter, or destroy any valuable security by using unlawful violence, restraint, or threats of violence or rest...

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