Section 227: Demanding by threat of false accusation
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227. Demanding by threat of false accusation
Any person who falsely charges or threatens to charge any person with
having committed an offence, with intent to extort or obtain by intimidation
from such person, money or other property, shall, on conviction, be liable to
penal servitude for a term not exceeding 20 years.
[S. 227 reprinted by Reprint 2 of 1983; amended by s. 8 (b) of Act 36 of 2008 w.e.f.
6 December 2008.]
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