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CHAPTER XXV.-RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY, &c.
250-Receiving.
Any person who receives anything obtained by any act A. 289. which is a felony or misdemeanour, or by means of any act B. 309. done outside A.B., which, if it had been done in A.B., would C. 433. have been a felony or misdemeanour, knowing the same to 24 & 25 V. have been so obtained, guilty of felony. He is also guilty 59 & 60 V. of a simple offence if the value of the thing received does not c. 62. exceed £5.
c. 96, s. 114.
When any person is proceeded against for an offence under 34 & 35 V. this section, evidence may be given, that other property was c. 112, s. 19. found at any time in such person's possession, which had been obtained by some such offence as aforesaid, within twelve months of the time when such person was first charged before a magistrate with the offence for which he is being proceeded against. This fact may be proved at any stage of the proceed- ings at which evidence may be given for the prosecution.
251.-Receiving after Acquisition of Title.
B. 311. C. 434.
After anything obtained as aforesaid has been restored to its A. 291. owner, or after a legal title thereto has been acquired by any person, a subsequent receiving of such thing from the owner or such person is not an offence, although the receiver knows that the thing has previously been obtained as aforesaid.
252. –Taking a Reward for Restitution of stolen Goods, &c.
C. 435.
Any person who corruptly takes or bargains for any reward, A. 292. directly or indirectly, in consideration that he will help any B. 312. person to recover anything which has been obtained by a felony 24 25 V. or misdemeanour or by any act done outside A. B., which if e. 96, s. 101.
it had been done in A. B. would have been a felony or mis. demeanour, unless he uses all due diligence to cause the offender to be brought to trial for his offence, is guilty of a misdemeanour.
་ 253.--Bringing stolen Property into A. B.
Any person who, having obtained elsewhere than in A.B., A. 249. any property by any act, which if done in A.B. would have B. 269. C. 406. amounted to stealing, brings such property into, or has the same in A.B., is guilty of misdemeanour.
He is also guilty of a simple offence if the value of the thing obtained as aforesaid is less than £5.
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CHAPTER XXVI.--EFFECT OF PREVIOUS CONVICTION.
254-Stealing, &c., after a previous Conviction.
Any person who is convicted of a misdemeanour under Chapters XXII., XXIII., XXIV., or XXV. of this Code, after having been convicted of a felony or misdemeanour or of two simple offences under the said chapters, is guilty of felony.
Any person who is convicted of a simple offence under the said chapters, after having been convicted of two simple offences under the said chapters, is guilty of a misdemeanour.
Any person who is convicted of an offence under the said chapters, punishable with seven years' penal servitude, is liable to fourteen years' penal servitude, if he has been convicted of any felony or misdemeanour under the said chapters, provided such previous conviction has not contributed to render him liable to penal servitude as aforesaid.
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