Theft Flashcards
Theft- Which Act and Section?
Section 1 Theft Act 1968
Define Theft?
A person is guilty of theft if he DISHONESTLY APPROPRIATES PROPERTY BELONGING to another, with the INTENT to PERMANENTLY DEPRIVE the other of it.
Abstracting Electricity, name the Act and Section.
Section 13, Theft Act 1968
Define Abstracting Electricity?
A person who DISHONESTLY uses WITHOUT DUE AUTHORITY or DISNHONESTLY causes to be WASTED or DIVERTED, any electricity shall on conviction on indictment be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years.
How can someone abstract electricity?
- Bypassing an electric meter in domestic or commercial property
- Wasting electricity
- Cannabis factories
- Squatters
- Includes batteries!
Can electricity be stolen?
No, however it can be abstracted.
Burglary- Act and Section?
Section 9 Theft Act 1968
Define the principle difference between Section 9 (1) (a) and 9 (1) (b) of the Theft Act 1968
9(1)(a)- INTENT
9(1) (b)- Having Entered
What are your points to prove within THEFT?
DISHONESTLY APPROPRIATES PROPERTY BELONGING TO ANOTHER INTENT TO PERMANENTLY DEPRIVE
Can Land be stolen?
No, remember Sgt Willis Long cant steal the parade square as he is not the trustee, but he could steal bricks/ soil from it etc
Define ‘Appropriates’ within the Theft Act 1968
Taking and treating __ as your own.
Assuming the rights of the owner
Obtaining object innocently, and later, keeping the item as it was your own.
What can not be stolen?
Flowers, Fruit, Foliage (not cultivated) Mushrooms Wild animals Land Electricity
What is the meaning of property within the theft definition?
Property includes money and all other property, real or personal, including things in action
and other intangible property, wild creatures tamed or untamed that are normally kept in
captivity.
