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any term not exceeding six months, or to a fine, over and above the value of the article or articles so stolen, or the amount of the injury done, not exceeding one hundred dollars.
(2) Every person who, having been convicted of any such offence, either against this or any former enactment, afterwards commits an offence against this section shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable to be punished as in the case of simple larceny.
5
plant, etc.,
24 & 25 Vict.
*
28.-(1) Every person who steals, or destroys, or damages Stealing with intent to steal, any cultivated plant or root used for the food of man or beast, or for medicine, or for distilling, or for dyeing, or for or in the course of any manufacture, and growing in any land, open or enclosed, not being a garden, orchard, pleasure ground, or nursery ground, shall upon summary conviction be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding one month, or to a fine over and above the value of the article or articles so stolen or the amount of the injury done, not exceeding five dollars; and in default of payment thereof, together with the costs (if ordered), shall be dealt with as the law relating to the jurisdiction of magistrates provides.
(2) Every person who, having been convicted of any such offence, either against this or any former enactment, afterwards commits any offence against this section shall, on conviction thereof in like manner, be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months
Larceny of electricity.
electricity.
28A. Any person who maliciously or fraudulently abstracts, causes to be wasted or diverted, consumes, or uses any electricity shall be guilty of simple larceny and punishable
[see s.5 and 45 & 46 Vict. c. 56, s. 23.]
Larceny from the person and similar offences.
the person.
29. Every person who robs any person, or steals any chattel, money, or valuable security from the person of another, 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.
*As amended by Law Am. Ord., 1923. † See No. 10 of 1886, Second Schedule, c. 96, s. 40. No. 3 of 1903.]
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LARCENY.
No. 5 of 1865.
97
any term not, exceeding six months, or to a fine, over and above the value of the article or articles so stolen. or the amount of the injury done, not exceeding one hundred dollars.
(2) Every person who, having been convicted of any such offence, either against this or any former enactment, afterwards commits an offence against this section shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable to be punished as in the case of simple larceny.
5
plant, etc.,
24 & 25 Vict.
*
28.-(1) Every person who steals, or destroys, or damages Stealing with intent to steal, any cultivated plant or root used for the cultivated food of man or beast, or for medicine, of for distilling, or for not growing dyeing, or for or in the course of any manufacture, and in garden, growing in any land, open or enclosed, not being a garden, c. 96, s. 37. orchard, pleasure ground, or nursery ground, shall upon summary conviction be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding one month, or to a fine over and above the value of the article or articles so stolen or the amount of the injury done, not exceeding five dollars; and in default of payment thereof, together with the costs (if ordered), shall be dealt with as the law relating to the jurisdiction of magistrates provides.
(2) Every person who, having been convicted of any such offence, either against this or any former enactment, after- wards commits any offence against this section shall, on conviction thereof in like manner, be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months
Larceny of electricity.
electricity.
28A. Any person who maliciously or fraudulently ab- Stealing stracts, causes to be wasted or diverted consumes, or uses any [see s.5 and electricity shall be guilty of simple lafceny and punishable f 45 & 46
Larceny from the person and similar offences.
Vict. c. 56, s. 23.]
the person.
29 Every person who robs any person, or steals any Robbery or chattel, money, or valuable security from the person of stealing from another, shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable to 24 & 25 Vict. imprisonment for any term not exceeding fourteen years, No. 3 of and, if a male under the age of sixteen years, with or without 1890, s. 85 & whipping.
OR
*As amended by Law Am. Ord., 1923. † See No. 10 of 1886, Second Schedule,
Schedule
c. 96, s. 40.
No. 3 of
1903.]
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