Demanding with intent to steal - S239

Question 1

Demanding with intent to steal

Section/Penalty/Elements

Answer 1

CA 61; S239(1)
14 years imprisonment

1) Without claim of right
2) By force or with any threat
3) Compels any person to execute, make, accept, endorse, destroy, or alter any document capable of conferring a pecuniary advantage
4) With intent to obtain any benefit

Question 2

Demanding with menaces

Section/Penalty/Elements

Answer 2

CA61; S239(2)
7 years imprisonment

1) With menaces or by any threat
2) Demands any property from any person
3) With intent to steal it

Question 3

Claim of right
Definition

Answer 3

A belief in the possesory right to the property