Plain-English Summary — Not Verbatim Statutory Text
Committed by threatening another person with injury to their person, reputation, or property (or to someone they care about), with the intent to cause alarm, or to make them do (or not do) something they're legally entitled to do (or not do) as a way of avoiding the threat.
- Clarified to cover a threat made "by any means" — a deliberate broadening compared to the older law's narrower wording, so it more clearly covers digital and indirect threats too.
A serious verbal, written, or online threat aimed at forcing you to act (or not act) a certain way is itself a chargeable offence — you don't have to wait for the threat to be carried out.
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