Demanding with Intent to Steal

Question 1

Demanding with intent to steal

Section Penalty Elements

Answer 1

S239(1) CA 61, 14 Years Imp

Without claim of right

By force or with any threat

Compels any person to execute, make, accept, endorse, alter, or destroy any document capable of conferring a pecuniary advantage

With intent to obtain any benefit

Question 2

Demanding with menaces

Section Penalty Elements

Answer 2

S239(2) CA61, 7 Years Imp

With menaces or by any threat

Demands any property from any person

With intent to steal it

Question 3

Claim of Right

Answer 3

S2 CA61

In relation to any act means a belief at the time of the act in a proprietary and possessory right in property in relation to which the offence is alleged to have been committed, although that belief may be based on ignorance, mistake of fact or any other matter of law other than the enactment against which the offence is alleged to have been committed.