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In forceMeaning of unwarranted demand with a menace for pt 3.5
Chapter 3Theft, fraud, bribery and related offences
Part 3.5Blackmail
341 Meaning of unwarranted demand with a menace for pt 3.5
(1)
A person makes an unwarranted demand with a menace of someone else only if the person—
(a)
makes a demand with a menace of the other person; and
(b)
does not believe that he or she has reasonable grounds for making the demand; and
(c)
does not reasonably believe that the use of the menace is a proper means of reinforcing the demand.
(2)
The demand need not be a demand for money or other property.
(3)
It does not matter whether the menace relates to action to be taken by the person making the demand.
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