Theft Act 1968
Theft Act 1968 (1968 c. 60)
- Theft Act 1968 (1968 c. 60)
- Definition of “theft”
- 1 Basic definition of theft.
- 2 “Dishonestly”
- 3 “Appropriates”.
- 4 “Property”.
- 5 “Belonging to another”.
- 6 “With the intention of permanently depriving the other of it”.
- Theft, robbery, burglary, etc.
- 7 Theft.
- 8 Robbery.
- 9 Burglary.
- 10 Aggravated burglary.
- 11 Removal of articles from places open to the public.
- 12 Taking motor vehicle or other conveyance without authority.
- 12A Aggravated vehicle-taking.
- 13 Abstracting of electricity.
- 14 Extension to thefts from mails outside England and Wales, and robbery etc. on such a theft.
- Fraud and blackmail
- 15 Obtaining property by deception.
- 15A Obtaining a money transfer by deception.
- 15B Section 15A: supplementary.
- 16 Obtaining pecuniary advantage by deception.
- 17 False accounting.
- 18 Liability of company officers for certain offences by company.
- 19 False statements by company directors, etc.
- 20 Suppression, etc. of documents.
- 21 Blackmail.
- Offences relating to goods stolen etc.
- 22 Handling stolen goods.
- 23 Advertising rewards for return of goods stolen or lost.
- 24 Scope of offences relating to stolen goods.
- 24A Dishonestly retaining a wrongful credit.
- Possession of housebreaking implements, etc.
- 25 Going equipped for stealing, etc.
- Enforcement and procedure
- 26 Search for stolen goods.
- 27 Evidence and procedure on charge of theft or handling stolen goods.
- 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 29 Jurisdiction of quarter sessions, and summary trial.
- General and consequential provisions
- 30 Spouses and civil partners
- 31 Effect on civil proceedings and rights.
- 32 Effect on existing law and construction of references to offences.
- 33 Miscellaneous and consequential amendments, and repeal.
- Supplementary
- 34 Interpretation.
- 35 Commencement and transitional provisions.
- 36 Short title, and general provisions as to Scotland and Northern Ireland.
- SCHEDULES
- SCHEDULE 1 Offences of Taking, etc. Deer or Fish
- Taking or destroying fish
- SCHEDULE 2 Miscellaneous and Consequential Amendments
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- PART II Other amendments extending beyond England and Wales
- PART III Amendments limited to England and Wales
- SCHEDULE 3 Repeals
- Part I Penal Enactments superseded by this Act
- Part II Obsolete and Redundant Enactments
- Part III Consequential Repeals
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