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THEFT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1969 - SECT 9

Burglary.

9.(1) A person is guilty of burglary if

(a)he enters any building or part of a building as a trespasser and with
intent to commit any such offence as is mentioned in subsection (2); or

(b)having entered any building or part of a building as a trespasser, he
steals or attempts to steal anything in the building or that part of it, or
inflicts or attempts to inflict on any person therein any grievous bodily
harm.

(2) The offences referred to in subsection (1)(a) are offences of stealing
anything in the building or part of a building in question, of inflicting on
any person therein any grievous bodily harm or raping any woman therein and of
doing unlawful damage to the building or anything therein.

(3) References in subsections (1) and (2) to a building shall apply also to an
inhabited vehicle or vessel, and shall apply to any such vehicle or vessel at
times when the person having a habitation in it is not there as well as at
times when he is there.

(4) A person guilty of burglary shall, on conviction on indictment, be liable
to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years.

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