Criminal Code (Cap. 9)

Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 266

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266. (1) The entry into any of t he places mentioned in article 264 by any way other than by the doors ordinarily intended for the purpose, whether the entry is effected by means of a ladder or rope or by any other means whatsoever, or by the bodily assistance o f any other person or by clambering in any way whatsoever in orde r to mount or descend, as well as the entry by any subterraneous aperture other than that establis hed as an entrance, shall be d eemed "scaling". (2) For the purposes of punishme nt, there shall also be deemed to be "scaling" when the offender, although he shall have enter ed into any of the places aforesaid b y any way ordinarily destined for the purpose, shall get out of the same by any of the means aforesaid. Theft aggravated by "amount". Amended by: XI.1900.37; III.1971.6; XIII.1980.8; XIII.1983.5; L.N. 407 of 2007.

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