Section 16 Threats to kill.F1C1
A person who without lawful excuse makes to another a threat, intending that that other would fear it would be carried out, to kill that other or a third person shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
S. 16 substituted by Criminal Law Act 1977 (c. 45), Sch. 12
Modifications
- C1
Ss. 16, 20, 26, 27, 34, 36, 38, 47, 57, 60 amended as to mode of trial by Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43, SIF 82), Sch. 1 para. 5