Criminal Code (Cap. 9)

Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 281

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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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