Criminal Code (Cap. 9)
Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 266
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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