Criminal Code (Cap. 9)

Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 271

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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; CRIMINAL CODE [CAP. 9. 153 (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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