Criminal Code (Cap. 9)

Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 282

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282. Where in cases of theft accompanied with one or more of the aggravating circumstances mentioned in article 261, with the exception of that of "violence" or "means", the value of the thing stolen does not exceed twenty-three euro and twenty-nine cents (€23.29), the offender shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months. Theft of water, gas or electric current. Added by: XVI.1921.5. Amended by: XIII.1983.5; L.N. 407 of 2007. When deemed to be completed. Punishment when value of water, etc., does not exceed twenty-three euro and twenty-nine cents (€23.29).

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