Criminal Law (Jurisdiction) Act, 1976
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Burglary. |
6.—The Larceny Act, 1916 , is hereby amended by the insertion after section 23 of the following section: | |
“23A. (1) A person is guilty of 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 offences of stealing anything in the building or part of a building in question, of inflicting on any person therein any grievous bodily harm or raping any woman therein and of 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 there. | ||
(4) A person guilty of burglary shall be liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years.” |