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 The ransom refers to the property or benefit demanded or given in exchange for the return of the person abducted."

The following two paragraphs shall be inserted at the end of section 272 of the Penal Code:

"In the case of abduction for ransom, if [the offender] causes the victim to suffer serious injury, or insanity, or forcible intercourse, Lord says that the offender be punished with twenty years' imprisonment or life imprisonment.

In the same case, if [the offender] causes the victim to suffer injury by subjecting him to torture or cruelty so as to have him undergo serious hardship, or causes him to suffer death, Lord ordains that the offender be imprisoned for the rest of his life or be put to death."

The following text shall be inserted in the Penal Code as section 272bis:

"Whoever assists in the commission of an offence of abduction for ransom in such a manner as said in section 65, whether before, during, or after the commission thereof, or obstructs the operations of an officer to seek out or arrest the offender, or acts as an intermediary offering a condition that the