A person who arrests or confines another or obtains or maintains another under the control of his or hers as hostage by use of force or by enticement and interferes with the exercise of a right by a third person or force a third person to do any work the third party is not obliged to do shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for a limited term of at least three years.[This Article Newly Inserted on Dec. 29, 1995]
Laws › Criminal Act › CHAPTER XXXVII CRIMES OF OBSTRUCTING ANOTHER FROM EXERCISING HIS OR HER RIGHT
Criminal Act — Article 324-2 (Coercion by Hostage)
형법 제324조의2
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