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No. 5 of 1865.
LARCENY.
Power to order flogging of juvenile male offenders.
[cf. No. 3 of 1903.]
Every male person who is charged with having committed or having attempted to commit, or with having been an aider, abettor, counsellor, or procurer in the commission of, any offence which now is or hereafter may be by law deemed or declared to be simple larceny or punishable as simple larceny, and whose age, at the time of the commission or attempted commission of such offence, does not, in the opinion of the court before which he is brought or appears, exceed the age of sixteen years, shall, on conviction thereof, be liable to be flogged either instead of or in addition to any other punishment which may be inflicted for such offence.
Larceny after conviction for felony.
24 & 25 Vict. c. 96, s. 5. [cf. No. 3 of 1903.]
6. Every person who commits the offence of simple larceny after a previous conviction for felony shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding ten years, and, if a male under the age of sixteen years, with or without whipping.
7. Every person who commits the offence of simple larceny or any offence hereby made punishable like simple larceny, after having been previously convicted of any indictable misdemeanor punishable under this Ordinance, shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding seven years, and, if a male under the age of sixteen years, with or without whipping.
24 & 25 Vict. c. 96, s. 7. [cf. No. 3 of 1903.]
Larceny after two summary convictions.
24 & 25 Vict. c. 96, s. 9. [cf. No. 3 of 1903.]
8. Every person who commits the offence of simple larceny or any offence hereby made punishable like simple larceny, after having been twice summarily convicted of any of the offences punishable on summary conviction (whether each of the convictions has been in respect of an offence of the same description or not), shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding seven years, and, if a male under the age of sixteen years, with or without whipping.
Stealing horse, bull, ram, etc.
24 & 25 Vict. c. 96, s. 10. [cf. No. 3 of 1903.]
Larceny of cattle and other animals.
9. Every person who steals—
(1) any horse, mare, gelding, colt, or filly; or
(2) any bull, cow, ox, heifer, or calf; or
(3) any ram, ewe, sheep, or lamb,
shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding fourteen years, and, if a male under the age of sixteen years, with or without whipping.