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This document reflects the wording of the Stock Theft Prevention Act
(formerly the Stock Theft Act) as amended at 1st December 2007,
i.e. up to and including the amendments made by Act 9/2006
The Act has been substantially amended since 2001,
principally by the Criminal Law Code, to section 114 of which
the reader is referred for the offence of stock theft.
The wording of section 114 is set out at the end of this document.
CHAPTER 9:18
STOCK THEFT PREVENTION ACT12
Acts 21/1959, 53/1971, 57/1972 (s. 3), 26/1975, 10/1976, 37/1977 (s. 5), 10/1982, 15/1982, 22/2001
(s. 4), 6/2004, 6/2005 (s. 10), 23/2004, , 9/2006; R. G. N.s 153/1963, 684/1974.
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section
1. Short title.
2. Interpretation.
3. Application of Act.
4. {Repealed]
5. {Repealed]
6. {Repealed] .
7. Register to be kept by butchers and buyers of skins or hides.
8. {Repealed]
9. {Repealed] .
10. Compensatory fine.
11. {Repealed] .
12. {Repealed]
AN ACT to consolidate and amend the law relating to theft of stock and produce.
[Date of commencement: 1st May, 1959.]
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Administration assigned to Minister of Home Affairs by Statutory Instrument 148/2006. .
Since the publication of the Revised Edition of the Statutes in 1996, the Act has been amended by the
Criminal Penalties Amendment Act, 2001 (No. 22 of 2001) with effect from 20th May 2002; the Stock Theft
Amendment Act, 2004 (No. 6 of 2004) with effect from 27th August 2004; the General Laws Amendment
Act, 2005 (No. 6 of 2005) with effect from 3rd February 2006; the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform)
Act [Chapter 9:23] (Act No. 23 of 2004) with effect from 1st July 2006; and the Criminal Procedure and
Evidence Amendment Act, 2006 (No. 9 of 2006) with effect from 19th January 2007.