THEFT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1969 - SECT 34 Short title.

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THEFT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1969 - SECT 34

Short title.

34. This Act may be cited as the Theft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969.

1.(1) A person who unlawfully takes or kills, or attempts to take or kill, any
deer in inclosed land where deer are usually kept shall, on summary
conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds or, for an offence
committed after a previous conviction for an offence under this paragraph, to
imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding
one hundred pounds, or to both.

(2) Any person may arrest without warrant anyone who is, or whom he, with
reasonable cause, suspects to be, committing an offence under this paragraph.

2. Where the carcase of any sheep or lamb, or the head, skin or any part
thereof, or any fleece thereof, is seized by any person pursuant to
section 25(3), any person in whose possession or on whose premises any such
carcase, head, skin, part or fleece is found may be arrested without warrant
by any constable; and, if that person fails to satisfy a court of summary
jurisdiction that he came lawfully by such carcase, head, skin, part or
fleece, he shall, on summary conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term
not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds, or to
both.

3. Any person who changes, alters or defaces, or causes to be changed, altered
or defaced

(a)any name engraved upon any watch as the maker or owner thereof, or the
number of such watch, or the place where the same was made, or any coat of
arms or crest thereon; or

(b)any name, cypher, crest or arms engraved upon any article or piece of
family plate (whether gold or silver);

Schedule 2Amendments. Schedule 3Repeals

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THEFT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1969 - SECT 34