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Section 506 — Punishment for criminal intimidation. If threat is to cause death or grievous hurt, etc.

As in force on 1 February 2008.

Timeline 5 versions
  1. 30 March 1987 Enacted
  2. 1 February 2008 Act 51 of 2007
  3. 30 November 2008 Revised edition
  4. 1 January 2020 Act 15 of 2019
  5. 17 August 2026 Latest
Amended in force 1 February 2008 by Penal Code (Amendment) Act 2007
506.Punishment for criminal intimidation. If threat is to cause death or grievous hurt, etc.

Whoever commits the offence of criminal intimidation shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 2 years, or with fine, or with both; and if the threat is to cause death or grievous hurt, or to cause the destruction of any property by fire, or to cause an offence punishable with death or with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 7 years or more, or impute unchastity to a woman, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 710 years, or with fine, or with both.