Protection of Constitutional Democracy against Terrorist and Related Activities Act, 2004 (Act No. 33 of 2004)

Chapter 2 : Offences and Penalties

Part 2 : Convention Offences

7. Offences relating to taking hostage
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[Section 7 heading substituted by the Protection of Constitutional Democracy against Terrorism and  related activities Amendment Act, 2022, by section 7 of Notice No. 1533, G47803, dated 29 December 2022]

 

Any person who intentionally—

(a)seizes or detains; and
(b)threatens to kill, to injure or to continue to detain,

any other person (hereinafter referred to as a hostage), in order to compel a third party, namely a State, an intergovernmental organisation, a natural or juridical person, or a group of persons to do or abstain from doing any act as an explicit or implicit condition for the release of the hostage, is guilty of an offence of taking a hostage.