§ 236

False imprisonment defined

See penalty details Violence & Threats Ch. 8 · False Imprisonment and Human Trafficking

Official text prohibited actmental stateif conditionpenaltylegal term

False imprisonment is the unlawful violation of the personal liberty of another.

History: Enacted 1872.

Simplified explanation

False imprisonment is the unlawful violation of the personal liberty of another; the section sets no punishment itself.

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