EXTORTION BY LIBEL

302. [1] Every one commits an offence who, with intent

[a] to extort money from any person, or

[b] to induce a person to confer on or procure for another person an appointment or office of profit or trust,

[2] Every one commits an offence who, as the result of the refusal of any person to permit money to be extorted or to confer or procure an appointment or office of profit or trust, publishes or threatens to publish a defamatory libel.

[3] Every one who commits an offence under this section is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term no exceeding five years. [R.S., c.C-34, s.266]