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Offences Against the Human Body
(1) Causing hurt to extort property/valuable security, or to constrain someone to an illegal act, is punished with up to 10 years' imprisonment plus fine. (2) Causing grievous hurt for the same purpose is punished with life imprisonment or up to 10 years plus fine.
This specifically targets violence used as a tool of extortion or coercion - directly relevant to loan-shark and extortion-related scam scenarios where physical harm is threatened or used to force victims to pay or comply.
A loan shark or extortionist who physically harms a victim specifically to force them to pay money or hand over property faces this enhanced offence, on top of any separate extortion charge.