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(a) possession or control of the property; or
(b) any interest in the property; or
(c) the right to take possession or control of the property.
(2) An owner of any property may be guilty of theft against
another owner of that property.
(3) Shellfish of all types are capable of being stolen when in
oyster beds, marine farms, layings, and fisheries that are the
property of any person and that are sufficiently marked out or
shown as such property.
(4) Electricity is property capable of being stolen; and a
person commits theft who dishonestly takes, consumes or uses
any electricity.
161. Theft or stealing-(1) Theft or stealing is the act of:
(a) dishonestly taking any property with intent to deprive
any owner permanently of that property or of any
interest in that property; or
(b) dishonestly, using or dealing with any property with
intent to deprive any owner permanently of that
property or of any interest in that property after
obtaining possession of, or control over, the
property in whatever manner.
(2) An intent to deprive any owner permanently of property
includes an intent to deal with property in such a manner that:
(a) the property cannot be returned to any owner in the
same condition; or
(b) any owner is likely to be permanently deprived of the
property or of any interest in the property.
(3) For tangible property, theft is committed by a taking
when the offender moves the property or causes it to be moved.
162. Theft by person in special relationship-(1) This
section applies to any person who has received or is in
possession of, or has control over, any property on terms or in
circumstances that require the person:
(a) to account to any other person for the property, or for
any proceeds arising from the property; or