CAP. 210]
Theft
[1986 Ed.
Theft.
1968, c. 60, s. 7.
Robbery. 1968, c. 60, s. 8.
Burglary.
1968, c. 60, s. 9.
Aggravated burglary.
1968, c. 60, s. 10.
(a) "gain" includes a gain by keeping what one has, as well as a gain by getting what one has not; and
(b) "loss" includes a loss by not getting what one might get, as well as a loss by parting with what one has;
"goods" except in so far as the context otherwise requires, includes money and every other description of property except land, and includes things severed from the land by stealing.
9. Any person who commits theft shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction upon indictment to imprisonment for 10 years.
10. (1) A person commits robbery if he steals, and immediately before or at the time of doing so, and in order to do so, he uses force on any person or puts or seeks to put any person in fear of being then and there subjected to force.
(2) Any person who commits robbery, or an assault with intent to rob, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction upon indictment to imprisonment for life.
11. (1) A person commits burglary if-
(a) he enters any building or part of a building as a trespasser and with intent to commit any such offence as is mentioned in subsection (2); or
(b) having entered any building or part of a building as a trespasser he steals or attempts to steal anything in the building or that part of it or inflicts or attempts to inflict on any person therein any grievous bodily harm.
(2) The offences referred to in subsection (1)(a) are-
(a) stealing anything in the building or part of a building in question;
(b) inflicting on any person therein any grievous bodily harm or raping any woman therein; and
(c) doing unlawful damage to the building or anything therein.
(3) References in subsections (1) and (2) to a building shall apply also to an inhabited vehicle or vessel, and shall apply to any such vehicle or vessel at times when the person having a habitation in it is not there as well as at times when he is.
(4) Any person who commits burglary shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction upon indictment to imprisonment for 14 years.
12. (1) A person commits aggravated burglary if he commits any burglary and at the time has with him any firearm or imitation firearm, any weapon of offence, or any explosive.