Criminal Code (Cap. 9)

Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 274

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274. Whosoever shall be guilty of theft accompanied with bodily harm shall be liable - (a) if the harm is grievous and produces the effects mentioned in article 218, to imprisonment for a term from four to twelve years; (b) if the harm is grievous without the effects mentioned in article 218, to imprisonment for a term from three to nine years; (c) if the harm is slight, to imprisonment for a term from two to five years; (d) if the harm is slight and of small consequence, and is not committed by any of the means mentioned in article 217, to imprisonment for a term from eighteen months to three years. Punishment for theft accompanied with confinement of person. Amended by: V .1868.17; XLIX.1981.4.

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