The Theft Act 1978 (c. 31) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It supplemented the earlier deception offences contained in sections 15 and...
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Theft is the act of taking another person's property or services without that person's permission or consent with the intent to deprive the rightful owner...
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The Theft Act 1968 (c. 60) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It creates a number of offences against property in England and Wales. On...
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Deception (criminal law) (section Deception and theft)
were defined in the Theft Act 1968 and the Theft Act 1978. The basic pattern of deception offences was established in the Theft Act 1968, and was then...
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Larceny Act. England and Wales The Theft Act 1730 (4 Geo. 2. c. 32) (Repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1963) The Theft Act 1968 The Theft Act 1978 The...
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Theft Act 1978. These offences attracted much criticism for their complexity and difficulty in proving at court.[citation needed] Much of the Theft Act...
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Property crime (section Theft)
] the Theft Act 1968 except section 8 (robbery) the Theft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 except section 8 (robbery) the Theft Act 1978 the Theft (Northern...
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In England and Wales, this offence is created by section 3 of the Theft Act 1978, which provides: (1) Subject to subsection (3) below, a person who,...
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legislation. For example, under English law, with the passing of the Theft Act 1978, it is an offense to evade a liability dishonestly. Payment of damages...
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Robbery (section Aggravated theft)
Wayback Machine of section 8 of the Theft Act 1968, from Legislation.gov.uk. Griew, Edward. The Theft Acts 1968 and 1978. Sweet and Maxwell. Fifth Edition...
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Fraud (redirect from Theft by deception)
pecuniary advantage and other offences that were created under the Theft Act 1978. The Serious Fraud Office is an arm of the Government of the United...
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Organ theft is the act of taking a person's organs for transplantation or sale on the black market, without their explicit consent through means of being...
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of the Theft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969. Section 16(2)(a) was repealed by article 7(4) of the Theft (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/1407 (N...
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to a dishonest client by a deception, this is an offence under the Theft Act 1978.[citation needed] Lovelock used the number of delivery sites (whether...
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act, condition or thing that is illegal because it interferes with the rights of the general public. In Kent v Johnson, the Supreme Court of the ACT held...
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by what is not said or done, and "dishonestly secures" under s2(1) Theft Act 1978 may also be committed by omission (see R v Firth (1990) CLR 326 in which...
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England and Wales and Northern Ireland. This offence was created by the Theft Act 1978. The law clarified existing law to explicitly make it a crime to, by...
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False pretenses (category Theft)
reus (the Latin for "guilty act") in the deception offences under the Theft Act 1968 and in the Theft Act 1978. The Fraud Act 2006 repealed these latter...
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See Theft Act 1978#Section 1 - Obtaining services by deception. This offence was created by article 3 of the Theft (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (S.I...
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demonstrating how actus reus can be interpreted to be not only an act, but a failure to act. James Miller, a vagrant, was squatting at 9 Grantham Road, Sparkbrook...
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the Republic of Ireland. This offence is created by section 17 of the Theft Act 1968 which provides: (1) Where a person dishonestly, with a view to gain...
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Khmer Rouge Tribunal in Cambodia). In his legal practice, Emmerson has acted for a number of foreign Governments in connection with international armed...
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Wales using the Social Security Administration Act 1992, or under the Theft Act 1978, or the Fraud Act 2006; in Northern Ireland under corresponding legislation;...
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the Theft Act 1978, and note that all the inchoate offencess move in time and across borders so that an attempt continues from the proximate act until...
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English criminal law (section Theft and property crime)
Capacity Act 2005 ss 2-3 Theft Act 1968 and Theft Act 1978 Offences under the Explosive Substances Act 1883 Offences under the Computer Misuse Act 1990 Oxford...
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Larceny (redirect from Larceny-theft)
date. It has been replaced by the broader offence of theft under section 1(1) of the Theft Act 1968. This offence did incorporate some of the terminology...
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Edward Dando (category British people convicted of theft)
Dine and dash Making off without payment, offence introduced by the Theft Act 1978 Tarrare Charles Domery A pot of ale held one imperial quart (2.0 imperial...
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The Theft Act 1607 (c. 6) is an Act of the Parliament of Scotland. "Act Anent woddis parkis planting dowcattis et cetera " (An Act concerning woods, parks...
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Dog theft is the crime of taking a dog from its owner. The theft of a dog to be held for ransom may be called dognapping, by analogy with kidnapping. Historically...
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effect on January 1, 1978. US Register of Copyrights Barbara Ringer took an active role in drafting the statute. Before the 1976 Act, the last major revision...
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