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 offender share the ransom with him as a reward, which is undue to him, or that the ransom giver furnish him with a reward, which is undue to him, shall, Lord says, be held guilty as a co-principal."

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

"In the case of abduction for ransom, if the offender manages to cause the return of the person restrained, confined, or carried away, without the latter having suffered serious injury, insanity, or hunger harmful to the life, Lord ordains that the penalty be decreased by one third in his favour, provided that the return take place before the court adjudges upon his case."

The stipulations of section 301 of the Penal Code shall be repealed and replaced by the following stipulations:

"If three or more persons jointly commit robbery and at least any one of them carries a weapon, Lord says that they be guilty of an offence of gang robbery and be punished with imprisonment from ten years up to fifteen years.

If, in committing such robbery, they cause another person to suffer serious injury, Lord says that they the gang robbers be punished with imprisonment from fifteen years up to twenty years or life imprisonment.