Section 376: Publishing defamatory matter with intent to extort

Any person who publishes, or threatens to publish, or offers to abstain from publishing,
or offers to prevent the publication of defamatory matter, with intent to extort money
or other property, or with intent to induce any person to give, confer, procure, or
attempt to procure, to, upon, or for, any person, any property or benefit of any kind, is
guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for seven years.
The offender cannot be arrested without warrant.