[2001.]
Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud
Offences) Act, 2001.
[No. 50.]
(a) a lethal firearm or other lethal weapon of any description Pt.2 S.13
from which any shot, bullet or other missile can be
discharged,
(b) an air gun (which expression includes an air rifle and an air
pistol) or any other weapon incorporating a barrel from
which metal or other slugs can be discharged,
(c) a crossbow,
(d) any type of stun gun or other weapon for causing any shock
or other disablement to a person by means of electricity
or any other kind of energy emission;
‘‘imitation firearm’’ means anything which is not a firearm but has
the appearance of being one;
‘‘weapon of offence’’ means:
(a) any article which has a blade or sharp point,
(b) any other article made or adapted for use for causing injury
to or incapacitating a person, or intended by the person
having it with him or her for such use or for threatening
such use,
(c) any weapon of whatever description designed for the discharge of any noxious liquid, noxious gas or other noxious thing.
(3) A person guilty of aggravated burglary is liable on conviction
on indictment to imprisonment for life.
14.—(1) A person is guilty of robbery if he or she steals, and
immediately before or at the time of doing so, and in order to do so,
uses force on any person or puts or seeks to put any person in fear
of being then and there subjected to force.
Robbery.
(2) A person guilty of robbery is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for life.
15.—(1) A person who is, when not at his or her place of residence, in possession of any article with the intention that it be used
in the course of or in connection with—
(a) theft or burglary,
(b) an offence under section 6 or 7,
(c) an offence under section 17 (blackmail, extortion, demanding
money with menaces) of the Criminal Justice (Public
Order) Act, 1994, or
(d) an offence under section 112 (taking a vehicle without lawful authority) of the Road Traffic Act, 1961,
is guilty of an offence.
(2) A person who, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse,
is in possession of any article made or adapted for use in the course
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Possession of
certain articles.