Kidnapping
354 Kidnapping
Any person who kidnaps another person is guilty of a crime.Maximum penalty—7 years imprisonment.
A person kidnaps another person if the person unlawfully and forcibly takes or detains the other person with intent to gain anything from any person or to procure anything to be done or omitted to be done by any person.
The Penalties and Sentences Act 1992, section 161Q states a circumstance of aggravation for an offence against this section.
An indictment charging an offence against this section with the circumstance of aggravation stated in the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992, section 161Q may not be presented without the consent of a Crown Law Officer. sch 1 pt 5 ch 33 s 354 amd 1986 No. 1 s 25; 1988 No. 88 s 5 sch 2
The statute text is free to read above. View subscription options to unlock the case-law research tools for each provision.