Threatening to commit other offences
71.12 Threatening to commit other offences
A person commits an offence if the person:
threatens to commit an offence (the threatened offence) under any of sections 71.2 to 71.11; and
intends to compel any other person to do or omit to do an act by making the threat.
Penalty:
if the threatened offence is the offence under section 71.2 (murder of a UN or associated person)—imprisonment for 10 years; or
if the threatened offence is the offence under section 71.3, 71.4, 71.5, 71.8 or 71.9 (manslaughter of, causing serious harm to, kidnapping, or sexually penetrating, a UN or associated person)—imprisonment for 7 years; or
if the threatened offence is the offence under section 71.6 or 71.11 (causing harm to, or damaging the property etc. of, a UN or associated person)—imprisonment for 5 years; or
if the threatened offence is the offence under section 71.7 or 71.10 (recklessly causing harm to, or unlawful detention of, a UN or associated person)—imprisonment for 3 years.
Section 71.23 defines UN or associated person.
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