Prevention Of Hostage Taking Act (No. 41 of 2000)

Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts

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Prevention Of Hostage Taking Act (No. 41 of 2000) - Sect 3

Offence of hostage taking & c

(1) Any person who"

	(a) seizes or detains ; and

	(b) threatens to kill, or to injure, or to continue to detain,

(2) Any person who"

	(a) attempts to commit;

	(b) aids or abets the commission of,

(3) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) or subsection (2) of this section shall on conviction, after trial on indictment, by the High Court be punished with imprisonment for life.

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