CHAPTER XXIV—OFFENCES AGAINST LIBERTY. 239. Definition of kidnapping from Uganda. Any person who conveys any person beyond the limits of Uganda without the consent of that person or of some person legally authorised to consent on behalf of that person is said to kidnap that person from Uganda. 240. Definition of kidnapping from lawful guardianship. Any person who takes or entices any minor under fourteen years of age if a male, or under sixteen years of age if a female, or any person of unsound mind, out of the keeping of the lawful guardian of that minor or person of unsound mind, without the consent of the guardian, is said to kidnap the minor or person from lawful guardianship. 241. Definition of abduction. Any person who by force compels, or by any deceitful means induces, any person to go from any place is said to abduct that person. 242. Punishment for kidnapping. Any person who kidnaps any person from Uganda or from lawful guardianship commits a felony and is liable to imprisonment for ten years. 243. Kidnapping or detaining with intent to murder, etc. (1) Any person who by force or fraud kidnaps, abducts, takes away or detains any person against his or her will— (a) with intent that such person may be murdered or may be so disposed of as to be put in danger of being murdered; (b) with knowledge that such person will probably be murdered; or (c) with intent to procure a ransom or benefit for the liberation of such a person from the danger of being murdered, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to suffer death. (2) Where a person so kidnapped or detained is thereafter not seen or heard of within a period of six months or more, the accused person shall be presumed to have had the intention and knowledge stipulated in subsection (1)(a) and (b).

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