Threats

(1) In this Code “threat” means– (a) any threat of criminal force or harm; (b) any threat of criminal injury to property; (c) any threat of libel or of slander; or (d) any threat that a person shall be prosecuted on a charge of having committed any crime or offence, whether such alleged crime or offence is punishable under this Code or under any other law, and whether it has or has not been committed. 31 (2) Any expression in this Code referring to a threat shall also be deemed to include any offer to abstain from doing, or so procure any other person to abstain from doing, anything the threat of which is a threat of any of the kinds in this section before mentioned. (3) It is immaterial whether a threat be that the matter thereof shall be executed by the person using the threat, or against or in relation to the person to whom the threat is used, or by or against or in relation to any other person. (4) It is immaterial whether a threat or offer be conveyed to any person by words or by writing, or in any other manner, and whether it be conveyed directly or through any other person or in any other manner.