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Unlawful imprisonment
Cap. 101, s. 69 · Revised Edition 2020
(1) A person imprisons another person if intentionally and without the other person’s consent he detains the other person 70 in a particular place, of whatever extent or character, and whether enclosed or not, or compel him to move or be carried in any particular direction.
(2) Detention or compulsion may be constituted within the meaning of this section–
(a) by force, or by any physical obstruction to a person’s escape;
(b) by causing him to believe that he cannot depart from a place or refuse to move or be carried in a particular direction without overcoming force or incurring danger of harm, pain or annoyance;
(c) by causing him to believe that he is under legal arrest; or
(d) by causing him to believe that he will immediately be imprisoned if he does not consent to do or abstain from doing any act.
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