A person who, in committing an offence of kidnapping:
Penal Code
2015 English source edition · Current applicability not established.
English-language 2015 Ministry of Justice edition. Refworld catalogues this English expression as an unofficial translation; Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation.
Article 290
Aggravated Kidnapping or Illegal Restraint · Preserved transcription; page attribution imported from the source collection. Verify against the original.
carries, uses or threatens to use a weapon;
threatens to cause bodily harm to a person other than the person kidnapped or abducted and who is dependant and under the protection of the first;
wounds, maims, disfigures or otherwise causes bodily harm to the person kidnapped or abducted;
endangers the life of the person kidnapped or abducted;
holds another person for ransom or reward, or as a shield or hostage;
facilitates or attempts to facilitate the commission of another offence or flight thereafter;
facilitates or attempts to facilitate a terrorist or political objective;
kidnaps or abducts a person less than 15 years of age; or
kidnaps or abducts a person on the pretext that the person suffers from mental disorder or a dangerous condition, is guilty of aggravated kidnapping, a Class 6 serious offence, punishable with a definite term of imprisonment of not less than 7 years and not more than 10 years.
A person who commits an offence of illegal restraint under the conditions of sub-Article (1),
is guilty of aggravated illegal restraint, a Class 7 serious offence, punishable with a definite term of imprisonment of not less than 5 years and not more than 7 years.