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The Theft Act 1968 [1] (c. 60) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It creates a number of offences against property in England and Wales . On 15 January 2007 the Fraud Act 2006 came into force, redefining most of the offences of deception.
R v Morris; Anderton v Burnside [1984] are English highest court conjoined appeal decisions as to the extent of appropriation that can be considered criminal (as the law of theft is codified in the Theft Act 1968).
The offence of obtaining a money transfer by deception, contrary to section 15A of the Theft Act 1968, was specifically enacted to remove the problem caused by R v Preddy and Slade, R v Dhillon. [10] This case held that there no section 15 offence was committed when the defendant caused transfers between the victim's and his own bank account by ...
This offence is created by section 11(1) of the Theft Act 1968.Sections 11(1) to (3) of that Act read: (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3) below, where the public have access to a building in order to view the building or part of it, or a collection or part of a collection housed in it, any person who without lawful authority removes from the building or its grounds the whole or part of any ...
The Theft Act 1730 (4 Geo. 2. c. 32) (Repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1963) The Theft Act 1968 The Theft Act 1978 The Theft (Amendment) Act 1996. Scotland. The Theft Act 1607. Northern Ireland. The Theft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 The Theft (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 The Theft (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997
The offence was created by section 16 [3] of the Theft Act 1968.At the time of its repeal it read: (1) A person who by any deception dishonestly obtains for himself or another any pecuniary advantage shall on conviction on indictment be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years.
Section 27(3) of the Theft Act 1968 introduces a rare exception to the rule against admissibility of previous criminal conduct in the case of this offence. Evidence may be adduced (but only if handling is the only charge faced by the defendant) that the defendant (a) has been involved in similar conduct within the previous twelve months, and (b ...
This offence is created by section 17 of the Theft Act 1968 which provides: (1) Where a person dishonestly, with a view to gain for himself or another or with intent to cause loss to another,— (a) destroys, defaces, conceals or falsifies any account or any record or document made or required for any accounting purpose; or