Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 280

280. (1) Where the theft aggravated by "amount" is accompanied with one or more of the other aggravating circumstances, with the exception of that of "violence" or "mea ns", the offender shall be liable, as the case may be, to the punish ments established in the last preceding article, which shall not, how ever, be awarded in their minimum. (2) Where the theft, besides being accompanied with the aggravating circumstance of "amount", is also accompanied with the aggravating circumstance of "violence", or with that of "means", or with both, the punishment applicable to theft when accompanied with such aggravati ng circumstances shall be applie d: Provided that, if such punishment be lower than the punishments laid down in the last preceding article, the latter punishments shall be applied wi th an increase of one degree. 156 CAP . 9.] CRIMINAL CODE (3) For the purposes of the foregoing sub-article, where the "violence" is directed against any of the persons mentioned in article 276A, the punishment app licable to theft when accompani ed with the aggravating circumstance of "violence" shall be the punishment as increas ed by that article. Punishment for theft aggravated by "person", "place", "time" or "nature of thing stolen". Amended by: XLIX.1981.4.