Chap. 338.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4407 of the Code of Virginia,
relating to kidnapping. [H B 263]

Approved March 29, 1934

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That sec-
tion forty-four hundred and seven of the Code of Virginia be amended
and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 4407. Kidnapping, or threatening or attempting to kidnap,
with intent to extort money ; how punished.—lf any person seize, take or
secrete any other person with intent to extort money, or pecuniary
benefit, he shall be punished with death, or within the discretion of
the jury be confined in the penitentiary not less than eight nor more
than twenty years. If any person threaten, or attempt, to seize, take
or secrete any other person with intent to extort money, or pecuniary
benefit, he shall be punished by confinement in the penitentiary for
not less than one nor more than twenty years, or, in the discretion of
the jury, by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars and a jail
sentence of not more than twelve months.