Act 9
Penal Code Act
2008
(4) Whoever commits house trespass in order to commit any
offence punishable with imprisonment, shall upon
conviction, be sentenced to imprisonment for a term not
exceeding two years or with a fine or with both; and, if the
offence intended to be committed is theft, the term of the
imprisonment may be extended to seven years.
330. House Trespass after preparation for Hurt, Assault or
Wrongful Restraint.
Whoever commits house trespass having made preparation for
causing injury to any person or for assaulting any person or for
wrongfully restraining any person or for putting any person in
fear of hurt or of assault or of wrongful restraint, shall upon
conviction, be sentenced to imprisonment for a term not
exceeding seven years or with a fine or with both.
Lurking House Trespass
331. Lurking House Trespass.
(1) Whoever commits house trespass, having taken precautions
to conceal such house trespass from some person who has
a right to exclude or eject the trespasser from the building,
vessel or railway carriage which is the subject of the
trespass, commits the offence of lurking house trespass, and
upon conviction, shall be sentenced to imprisonment for a
term not exceeding three years and may also be liable to a
fine.
(2) Whoever commits lurking house trespass in order to
commit any offence punishable with imprisonment shall
upon conviction, be sentenced to imprisonment for a term
not exceeding three years or with a fine or with both; and,
if the offence intended to be committed is theft, the term of
the imprisonment may be extended to ten years.
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