(1) Whoever, by force or threat of force or by any other form of intimation,
seizes or detains any person and threatens to kill or injure that person with intent to cause a Convention
country to do or abstain from doing any act as the means of avoiding the execution of such threat,
commits the offence of hostage-taking.
(2) Whoever commits the offence of hostage-taking shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
(2) Whoever commits the offence of hostage-taking shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.