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PART IOffences, and the Prosecution and Punishment of Offences

Abduction

17Abduction of woman by force or for the sake of her property

(1)It is felony for a person to take away or detain a woman against her will with the intention that she shall marry or have unlawful sexual intercourse with that or any other person, if she is so taken away or detained either by force or for the sake of her property or expectations of property.

(2)In the foregoing subsection, the reference to a woman's expectations of property relates only to property of a person to whom she is next of kin or one of the next of kin, and " property " includes any interest in property.