Extortion: inducing delivery of property by threats is a criminal offence, attracting imprisonment and monetary penalty. Extortion occurs when a person intentionally induces another, by putting them in fear of injury to any person, to deliver property or anything convertible into a valuable security; threats including publication of defamatory matter, wrongful confinement, property damage, electronic threats, or inducing signatures on papers are illustrative. The statute imposes graduated punishments: preparatory threats or attempts attract a prescribed sentence, completed extortion carries greater penalties, and threats involving death, grievous hurt, or accusations of serious offences bring elevated imprisonment and fines.