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9 GCA § 52.40: Intimidation of Witnesses by Extortion; Defined & Punished.

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  1. Title 9: Crimes and Corrections
  2. Chapter 52: Perjury and Offense Against the Integrity of Official Proceedings

A person is guilty of a felony of the third degree if, by any threat which would constitute a means of committing the offense of theft by extortion under this Code if such threat were employed to obtain property, he:

(a) attempts to induce any person to refrain from reporting to law enforcement authorities the commission or suspected commission of any offense or information relating to an offense; or

(b) attempts to induce any person who has been or may be properly called as a witness in any official proceeding to give false testimony in, to withhold testimony or information from, or to fail to attend, any such proceeding.

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