1 Hostage-taking.U.K.
(1)A person, whatever his nationality, who, in the United Kingdom or elsewhere,—
(a)detains any other person (“the hostage”), and
(b)in order to compel a State, international governmental organisation or person to do or abstain from doing any act, threatens to kill, injure or continue to detain the hostage,
commits an offence.
(2)A person guilty of an offence under this Act shall be liable, on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for life.