Theft

Question 1

Theft section 1(1) 1968

Answer 1

A person is guilty of theft if he dishonestly appropriates property belong to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it

Question 2

Examples of not being dishonest

Answer 2

Lawful right
Owners consent
Owner cannot be discovered

Question 3

Section 8

Answer 3

Robbery
A person is guilty of robbery when he or she steal and immediately before doing so or at the time of doing so and in order to do so uses force on any person or put or seeks to put any person in fear of being then and there subjected to force

Question 4

What is robbery

Answer 4

A theft that is aggravated by the use of threat or force

Question 5

Section 9(1)(A)

Answer 5

Burglary
A person is guilty of burglary if he enters a building or part of a building as a trespasser with intent to steal anything therein or inflict GBH on any person therein or damage any property therein

Question 6

What is Sid and which act is it under?

Answer 6

Section 9(1)(A)
Steal
Inflict GBH
Damage

Question 7

Section 9(1)(b)

Answer 7

A person is guilty of burglary if having entered a building or part of a building as a trespasser he goes on to
Steal or attempt to steal anything therein or
Inflict or attempt to inflict GBH on any person therein

Question 8

Section 10

Answer 8

Aggravated burglary
A person is guilty of aggravated burglary if he commits any burglary and at the time, has with him any weapon of offence or any imitation firearm or any firearm or any explosive

Question 9

Section 13

Answer 9

Abstracting electricity
A person is guilty of abstracting electricity when he or she dishonestly uses it without due authority or dishonestly causes it to be diverted or wasted

Question 10

6 types of permanently depriving

Answer 10

1 retaining
2 consuming
3 selling
4 destroying
5 abandoning
6keeping

Question 11

3 ways someone can have Possesion

Answer 11

Possession of it
Control of it
A proprietary right or interest

Question 12

Property doesn’t include

Answer 12

Mushrooms
Fruit
Foliage
Flowers

Question 13

Property includes

Answer 13

Money
Real
Personal
Wild creatures

Question 14

1st type of appropriation

Answer 14

Any assumption by a person of the rights of the owner

Question 15

2nd type of appropriation

Answer 15

Coming by the property without stealing it

Question 16

3rd type of appropriation

Answer 16

Assume right to property by keeping it

Question 17

What does the court do in its dishonesty test

Answer 17

Compare to an ordinary persons standards of reasonable and honest behaviour is

Question 18

What to consider at scene of Abstract electricity

Answer 18

Health and safety

Question 19

Give an example of electricity being diverted

Answer 19

Running electricity to another property or bypassing the meter

Question 20

Give an example of electricity being wasted

Answer 20

Someone out of mischief and malice turning lights on

Question 21

Why must the threat of force be immediate to be robbery

Answer 21

Otherwise blackmail

Question 22

What must the force be used for for it to be robbery and what force would make it robbery

Answer 22

Force or causing fear of force must be used to enable theft not to escape after theft

Question 23

When can force not be used for it to be robbery

Answer 23

After the theft

Question 24

Define immediately before

Answer 24

Unbroken chain of events between the force and the theft

Question 25

What is WIFE section 10

Answer 25

Weapon of offence
Imitation firearms
Firearms
Explosive