Meaning of hostage‑taking

In force

For the purposes of this Act, a person commits an act of hostage‑taking if the person:

(a)

seizes or detains another person (in this section called the hostage); and

(b)

threatens to kill, to injure, or to continue to detain, the hostage;

with the intention of compelling:

(c)

a legislative, executive or judicial institution in Australia or in a foreign country;

(d)

an international intergovernmental organisation; or

(e)

any other person (whether an individual or a body corporate) or group of persons;

to do, or abstain from doing, any act as an explicit or implicit condition for the release of the hostage.

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