CAP. 2101
Abstracting of electricity.
1968. c. 60, s. 13.
Dishonest use of public telephone or telex system. 1968, c. 60, Sch. 2. Pt. I, Para. 8.
Theft
[1986 Ed.
(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply in relation to pedal cycles or rickshaws, but, subject to subsection (3), any person who, without having the consent of the owner or other lawful authority, takes a pedal cycle or rickshaw for his own or another's use, or rides a pedal cycle or rickshaw knowing it to have been taken without such authority, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $500.
(3) A person does not commit an offence under this section by anything done in the belief that he has lawful authority to do it or that he would have the owner's consent if the owner knew of his doing it and the circumstances of it.
(4) For the purposes of this section-
"conveyance" means any conveyance constructed or adapted for the carriage of a person whether by land, water or air, except that it does not include a conveyance constructed or adapted for use only under the control of a person not carried in or on it, and "drive" shall be construed accordingly; and
"owner" in relation to a conveyance which is the subject of a hiring agreement or hire-purchase agreement means the person in possession of the conveyance under that agreement.
15. Any person who dishonestly uses without due authority, or dishonestly causes to be wasted or diverted, any electricity shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction upon indictment to imprisonment for 5 years.
16. Any person who dishonestly uses a public telephone or telex system with intent to avoid payment shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to imprisonment for 2 years.
Obtaining property by deception.
1968, c. 60, s. 15.
FRAUD AND BLACKMAIL
17. (1) Any person who by any deception (whether or not such deception was the sole or main inducement) dishonestly obtains property belonging to another, with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction upon indictment to imprisonment for 10 years.
(2) For the purposes of this section a person is to be treated as obtaining property if he obtains ownership, possession or control of it, and "obtain" includes obtaining for another or enabling another to obtain or to retain.
(3) Section 7 shall apply for the purposes of this section, with the necessary adaptation of the reference to appropriating as it applies for the purposes of section 2.
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CAP. 2101
Abstracting of electricity.
1968. c. 60, s. 13.
Dishonest use of public telephone or telex system. 1968, c. 60, Sch. 2. Pt. I, Para. 8.
Theft
[1986 Ed.
(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply in relation to pedal cycles or rickshaws, but, subject to subsection (3), any person who, without having the consent of the owner or other lawful authority, takes a pedal cycle or rickshaw for his own or another's use, or rides a pedal cycle or rickshaw knowing it to have been taken without such au- thority, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $500.
(3) A person does not commit an offence under this section by anything done in the belief that he has lawful authority to do it or that he would have the owner's consent if the owner knew of his doing it and the circumstances of it.
(4) For the purposes of this section-
"conveyance" means any conveyance constructed or adapted for the carriage of a person whether by land, water or air, except that it does not include a conveyance constructed or adapted for use only under the control of a person not carried in or on it, and "drive" shall be construed accordingly; and
"owner" in relation to a conveyance which is the subject of a hiring agreement or hire-purchase agreement means the person in possession of the conveyance under that agreement.
15. Any person who dishonestly uses without due authority, or dishonestly causes to be wasted or diverted, any electricity shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction upon indict- ment to imprisonment for 5 years.
16. Any person who dishonestly uses a public telephone or telex system with intent to avoid payment shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to imprisonment for 2
years.
Obtaining property by deception.
1968, c. 60, s. 15.
FRAUD AND BLACKMAIL
17. (1) Any person who by any deception (whether or not such deception was the sole or main inducement) dishonestly obtains property belonging to another, with the intention of per- manently depriving the other of it, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction upon indictment to imprisonment for 10 years.
(2) For the purposes of this section a person is to be treated as obtaining property if he obtains ownership, possession or control of it, and "obtain" includes obtaining for another or enabling another to obtain or to retain.
(3) Section 7 shall apply for the purposes of this section, with the necessary adaptation of the reference to appropriating as it applies for the purposes of section 2.
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