Criminal Code (Cap. 9)
Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 285
285. Whosoever shall be guilty of simple theft shall be liable to
imprisonment for a term from one to six months:
Provided that if 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 impr isonment for a term not exceedi ng
three months.
Possession of
stolen articles by
person
previously
convicted of
theft or of
receiving stolen
articles.
Amended by:
XI.1900.41;
I.1903.15.
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