Criminal Code (Cap. 9)
Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 281
281. Whosoever shall be guilty of theft aggravated only by
"person", "place", "time", or "the nature of the thing stolen", shall
be liable -
(a) where the theft is accompan ied with one only of these
four aggravating circumstances, to imprisonment for a
term from seven months to two years;
(b) where the theft is accompanied with two of such
aggravating circumstances, to the same punishment,
which, however, shall in no case be awarded in its
minimum;
(c) where the theft is accompanied with more than two of
such aggravating circum stances, to the said
punishment, which may, however, be increased to any
term not exceedi ng three years.
Punishment for
aggravated theft
when the value
of the thing
stolen does not
exceed twenty-
three euro and
twenty-nine
cents (€23.29).
Amended by:
IV .1856.14;
V .1868.18;
VI.1871.21;
XI.1900.40;
I.1903.14;
III.1971.9;
XLIX.1981.4;
XIII.1983.5;
L.N. 407 of
2007.
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