CAP. 63 Penal Code [Rev. 2012] threatens to use actual violence to any person or property in order to obtain the thing intended to be stolen, or to prevent or overcome resistance to its being stolen, is guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for seven years. (2) If the offender is armed with any dangerous or offensive weapon or instrument, or is in company with one or more other person or persons, or if, at or immediately before or immediately after the time of the assault, he wounds, beats, strikes or uses any other personal violence to any person, he shall be sentenced to death. [Act No. 24 of 1967, Sch., Act No. 3 of 1969, First Sch., Act No. 25 of 1971, s. 3, Act No. 1 of 1973, s. 2, Act No. 9 of 1976, s. 2, Act No. 5 of 2003, s. 52.] 298. Assault with intent to steal Any person who assaults any person with intent to steal anything is guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for five years. [Act No. 3 of 1969, First Sch., Act No. 25 of 1971, s. 3, Act No. 1 of 1973, s. 3, Act No. 9 of 1976, s. 3.] 299. Demanding property by written threats Any person who, with intent to extort or gain anything from any person, and knowing the contents of the writing, causes any person to receive any writing demanding anything from any person without reasonable or probable cause, and containing threats of any injury or detriment of any kind to be caused to any person, either by the offender or any other person, if the demand is not complied with, is guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for fourteen years. 300. Attempts at extortion by threats (1) Any person who, with intent to extort or gain anything from any person— (a) accuses or threatens to accuse any person of committing any felony or misdemeanour, or of offering or making any solicitation or threat to any person as an inducement to commit or permit the commission of any felony or misdemeanour; or (b) threatens that any person shall be accused by any other person of any felony or misdemeanour, or of any such act; or (c) knowing the contents of the writing, causes any person to receive any writing containing any such accusation or threat as aforesaid, (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) [Issue 1] is guilty of a felony, and if the accusation or threat of accusation is of— an offence for which the punishment of death or imprisonment for life may be inflicted; or any of the offences defined in Chapter XV, or an attempt to commit any of such offences; or an assault with intent to have carnal knowledge of any person against the order of nature, or an unlawful and indecent assault upon a male person; or a solicitation or threat offered or made to any person as an inducement to commit or permit the commission of any of the offences aforesaid, P6-88