Section 307: Penalty for extortion

307. Penalty for extortion (1) Any person who extorts or obtains from any person through intimidation by charging or threatening to charge such person with having committed an offence, money or other property, shall be punished with penal servitude. (2) (a) Notwithstanding sections 151 and 152 of the Criminal Procedure Act, where it is averred that the offence under subsection (1) is committed upon a minor, the person charged shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than 2 years. (b) Part X of the Criminal Procedure Act and the Probation of Offenders Act shall not apply to a person liable to be sentenced under paragraph (a). [S. 307 amended by Act 13 of 1998.]