Criminal Code (Cap. 9)
Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 271
271. Theft is aggravated by "the nature of the thing stolen"-
(a) when it is committed upon things exposed to danger,
whether by their being cas t away or removed for
safety, or by their being abandoned on account of
urgent personal danger arising from fire, the falling of
a building, or from any shipwreck, flood, invasion by
an enemy, or any other grave calamity;
(b) when it is committed on beehives;
(c) when it is committed on any kind of cattle, large or small,
in any pasture-ground, farmhouse or stable, provided the
value be not less than two euro and thirty-three cents
(€2.33);
(d) when it is committed on any cordage, or other things
essentially required for the navigation or for the safety
of ships or vessels;
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(e) when it is committed on any net or other tackle cast in
the sea, for the p urpose of fishing;
(f) when it is committed on any article of ornament or
clothing which is at the time on the person of any child
under nine years of age;
(g) when it is committed on an y vehicle in a public place
or in a place accessible to the public, or on any part or
accessory of, or anything inside, such vehicle;
(h) when it is committed on nuc lear material as defined in
article 314B(4);
Cap. 477.
(i) when it is committed on any public record as defined
in article 2 of the National Archives Act .
Punishment for
theft
accompanied
with wilful
homicide.
Amended by:
XXI.1971.20;
XLIX.1981.4.
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