Property Offences Acts

Question 1

Theft act 1968

Answer 1

Dishonestly appropriating property belonging to another with the intention to permanently deprive the other

Question 2

S.3

Answer 2

Appropriation

Question 3

S.3(1)

Answer 3

Any assumption of the owners rights

Question 4

S.4

Answer 4

Property

Question 5

S.4(1)

Answer 5

Money,property real and personal,things in actions and intangible property

Question 6

S.5

Answer 6

Belonging to another

Question 7

S.5(3)

Answer 7

Legal obligation to deal with property in a specific way

Question 8

S.5(4)

Answer 8

Mistakes, there are two situations where there is a legal obligation to return goods obtained by mistake

Question 9

S.2

Answer 9

Dishonesty

Question 10

S.2(a)

Answer 10

Believes he has legal rights to deprive the other

Question 11

S.2(b)

Answer 11

Believes the owner would give consent to take it

Question 12

S.2(c)

Answer 12

Believes the true owners cant be found by taking reasonable steps

Question 13

S.6

Answer 13

Intention to permanently deprive

Question 14

S.6(1)

Answer 14

Intention to treat the property as his own or to dispose of regardless of the owners rights

Question 15

S.8 Theft act 1968

Answer 15

If he steals, and immediately or before or at the time of doing so he uses force on any person or puts or seeks to put any person in fear of being subjected to force

Question 16

S9(1)(a) Theft act 1968

Answer 16

D enters any building or part of a building as a trespasser with intent to commit theft, GBH or unlawful damage

Question 17

S.9(1)(b) Theft act 1968

Answer 17

Having entered any building or part of a building as a trespasser, d steals or attempts to steal or inflict GBH or attempts to inflict GBH