#Offence_of_extortion #criminal #three

Section 337. Any person who compels another to give or agree to give him or her or any other person a benefit in the form of property, by using an act of violence or threatening to cause danger to life, body, liberty, reputation or property of the compelled person or of any third party to the extent that the compelled person submits to such compulsion, is said

to commit an offence of extortion and shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years and to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand baht.

If extortion is committed:

(1) with a threat to cause death or grievous bodily harm to the compelled person or any other person or with a threat to cause fire to a thing of the compelled person or any other person; or

(2) by carrying arms for threatening purpose,

the perpetrator shall be liable to imprisonment for a term of six months to seven years

and to a fine of ten thousand to one hundred and forty thousand baht.

คำศัพท์ วลี ประโยคที่น่าสนใจ

compel another to = ข่มขืนใจผู้อื่น

an act of violence = ใช้กำลังประทุษร้าย

an act of threatening = ขู่เข็ญ

liberty = เสรีภาพ

reputation = ชื่อเสียง

third party = บุคคลที่สาม

offence of extortion = ความผิดฐานกรรโชก

compelled person = ผู้ถูกข่มขืนใจ

perpetrator = ผู้กระทำความผิด

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