Threat of injury: criminal penalty for inducing persons to desist from seeking protection provided by public servants. Threatening a person to induce them to desist from applying for legal protection that a public servant is empowered to give or cause to be given constitutes a criminal offence; it penalises acts of intimidation intended to prevent access to protective measures and prescribes punishment by imprisonment, fine, or both for those responsible.
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Threat of injury: criminal penalty for inducing persons to desist from seeking protection provided by public servants.
Threatening a person to induce them to desist from applying for legal protection that a public servant is empowered to give or cause to be given constitutes a criminal offence; it penalises acts of intimidation intended to prevent access to protective measures and prescribes punishment by imprisonment, fine, or both for those responsible.
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