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Criminal Code, Act no. 9 of 2004, Chapter 3.01.

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Type of law
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Abstract
This Act provides for criminal offences and relating procedure. The Act defines the following relevant terms: cattle, as horse, ass, mule, cows, sheep, goat, or swine, and any animal (other than a dog), which is ordinarily kept or used as a beast of burden, for draught, for riding, or for the production of wool or hair; land, including any immovable property; notified plant, including: arrowroot, bananas, beans, cassava, cocoa, coconuts, coffee, dasheen, Indian corn, kola, logwood, limes , manioc, nutmegs, peas, pimento, plantains, sweet potatoes, sugar cane, tanias, tobacco, tonka beans, vanilla, yams; notified plant product; noxious matter; property. Offences of significant relevance include: offences against the person using corrosives, explosives, weapons, or dangerous means; offences against property; liability of part owner for breach of trust or stealing; damage to property, including: arson by fire of building, mine or adjacent thing or of thing near a vessel; arson by fire of dwelling or vessel; arson by fire of crop, forest or plantation; arson by explosion to building, machine, road or other property; explanation of unlawful damage and amount of damage; damage of public way, water or work; offences against the administration of justice; corruption; unlawful possession of cattle or part thereof; unlawful possession of plant or plant product; stealing cattle; stealing other animals; burning land; damage to plant product; damage to cultivated plant in garden; damage to tree in park, garden or elsewhere; damage to land; trespassing on plantation; fouling public water; notice to abate nuisance due to animal, plant or thing; giving and selling poisonous grain or seed except for agricultural purposes.
Long title of text
An Act to provide for criminal offences and procedure and for matters incidental thereto.
Date of text
Notes
Revised edition of the Law at 31 December 2005.
Repealed
No
Source language

English

Legislation Amendment
No