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Crown Copyright Acknowledged
Taking of Hostages Act 1982 (-)
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This document is for private study purposes only. It is likely not to reflect the law as it stands today. It may be incomplete, and some provisions are likely to have been repealed or amended, and new ones inserted.
1:- A person, whatever his nationality, who, in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, -
(a) detains any other person ('the hostage'), and
(b) in order to compel a State, international governmental organisation or person to do or abstain from doing any act, threatens to kill, injure, or continue to detain the hostage, commits an offence.
