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THEFT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1969 - SECT 6

""With the intention of permanently depriving the other of it''.

6.(1) A person appropriating property belonging to another without meaning the
other permanently to lose the thing itself is nevertheless to be regarded as
having the intention of permanently depriving the other of it if his intention
is to treat the thing as his own to dispose of regardless of the other's
rights; and a borrowing or lending of it may amount to so treating it if, but
only if, the borrowing or lending is for a period and in circumstances making
it equivalent to an outright taking or disposal.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), where a person,
having possession or control (lawfully or not) of property belonging to
another, parts with the property under a condition as to its return which he
may not be able to perform, this (if done for purposes of his own and without
the other's authority) amounts to treating the property as his own to dispose
of regardless of the other's rights.

Theft.

© 1969 Crown Copyright

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