Principle of Legality

Principle of legality in criminal law: criminal intimidation

First of all, in this principle of legality in criminal law of criminal intimidation in Malaysia , it is
according to the Panel Code Section 503, whoever threaten another with any injury to his person,
property or reputation, to the person or reputation of any one in whom that person is interested to,
with intent to cause alarm to that person, or to cause that person to do any act which he is not legally
bound to do it, or to omit to do any act which the person is legally entitled to do, means of avoiding the
execution of such threat, and commits criminal intimidation. In addition, this criminal intimidation is a
kind of threat to injure and harm the reputations of any deceased person in whom the person
threatened is interested, with in this section. For example, A person with the intent of inducing B not to
seek a civil suit so, A will threatens to burn the B’s house. Hence, A is find guilty of criminal intimidation.

Besides, there is also a punishment for the criminal intimidation. According to the Panel Code
Section 506, whoever commits a criminal offense shall be sentenced to jail for a term of up to two years
or with fines or with both. If the threat could result in death or seriously injured or caused the
destruction of property by fire or causing the death penalty or imprisonment, or with imprisonment for
a term of up to seven years, or up to in defiance of a woman's purity, they will be sentenced to prison
for a period of up to seven years or with fines or both.

Meanwhile for the principle of legality in criminal law of criminal intimidation in United States of
America, the criminal intimidation