Penal Code · English · 2015 Article 289Illegal Restraint A person who, without lawful authority arrests, confines, detains or otherwise restrains the freedom of another person,#is guilty of illegal restraint, a Class 9 serious offence, punishable with a definite term of imprisonment of not less than 1 year and not more than 3 years.# ← Article 288Article 290 →