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LARCENY.
21.-(1) Every person who-
(a) steals; or
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Stealing record or other legal document.
(b) for any fraudulent purpose takes from its place of deposit [24 & 25 Vict. for the time being or from any person having the lawful custody c. thereof; or
(c) unlawfully and maliciously cancels, obliterates, injures, or destroys,
the whole or any part of any record, writ, return, panel, process, interrogatory, deposition, affidavit, rule, order, or warrant of attorney, or of any original document whatsoever of or belonging to any Court in this Colony, or relating to any matter begun, depending, or terminated in any such Court, or of any bill, petition, answer, interrogatory, deposition, affidavit, order, or decree, or of any original document in anywise relating to the business of any office or employment under His Majesty, and being or remaining in any office appertaining to any Court or in any government or public office, shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding 3 years, and, if a male under the age of 16 years, with or without whipping.
(2) In any indictment for any such offence it shall not be necessary to allege that the article in respect of which the offence is committed is the property of any person.
Larceny of things attached to or growing on land.
22. (1) Every person who steals, or rips, cuts, severs, or breaks with intent to steal,-
(a) any glass, shingles, or wood-work belonging to any building whatsoever; or
(b) any lead, iron, copper, brass, or other metal, or any utensil or fixture, whether made of metal or other material or of both, respectively fixed in or to any building whatsoever; or
(c) any thing made of metal fixed in any land being private property, or for a fence to any dwelling house, garden, or area, or in any square or street, or in any place dedicated to public use or ornament, or in any burial ground,
shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable to be punished as in the case of simple larceny.
* As amended by No. 30 of 1911, No. 50 of 1911 and No. 51 of 1911.
As amended by the Final Revision Ordinance 1912.
96 s. 30.] [cf. No. 8 of 1903.]
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Stealing metal, glass, wood, etc., fixed to building or land. [ib. s. 31.]
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LARCENY.
21.-(1) Every person who-
(a) steals; or
No. 5 of 1865.
95
Stealing record or other legal document.
(b) for any fraudulent purpose takes from its place of deposit [24 & 25 Vict. for the time being or from any person having the lawful custody c. thereof; or
(c) unlawfully and maliciously cancels, obliterates, injures, or destroys,
the whole or any part of any record, writ, return, panel, process, interrogatory, deposition, affidavit, rule, order, or warrant of at- torney, or of any original document whatsoever of or belonging to any Court in this Colony, or relating to any matter begun, depending, or terminated in any such Court, or of any bill, petition, answer, interrogatory, deposition, affidavit, order, or decree, or of any original document in anywise relating to the business of any office or employment under His Majesty, and being or remaining in any office appertaining to any Court or in any government or public office, shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable to impri- sonment for any terin not exceeding 3 years, and, if a male under the age of 16 years, with or without whipping.
(2) In any indictment for any such offence it shall not be neces- sary to allege that the article in respect of which the offence is committed is the property of any person.
Larceny of things attached to or growing on land.
22. (1) Every person who steals, or rips, cuts, severs, or breaks with intent to steal,-
(a) any glass, shingles, or wood-work belonging to any building whatsoever; or
(b) any lead, iron, copper, brass, or other metal, or any utensil or fixture, whether made of metal or other material or of both, respectively fixed in or to any building whatsoever; or
(c) any thing made of metal fixed in any land being private property, or for a fence to any dwelling house, garden, or area, or in any square or street, or in any place dedicated to public use or ornament, or in any burial ground,
shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable to be punished as in the case of simple larceny.
* As amended by No. 30 of 1911, No. 50 of 1911 and No. 51 of
1911.
As amended by the Final Revision Ordinance 1912.
96 s. 30.] [cf. No. 8 of 1903.]
**
Stealing metal, glass, wood, etc., fixed to building or land. [ib. s. 31.]
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