Criminal Law Code as at 1st March 2007
or
(b) he or she consumes the property, intending to return identical property to the other
person; or
(c) the property being money, he or she spends it, intending to return the same amount to
the other person.
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Unauthorised borrowing or use of property
Any person who, knowing that another person is entitled to own, possess or control any
property capable of being stolen or realising that there is a real risk or possibility that another
person may be so entitled, takes possession or control of the property without the consent of that
other person, intending to temporarily hold or make temporary use of it and then return it to that
other person’s possession or control, shall be guilty of unauthorised borrowing or use of
property, and liable to⎯
(a) a fine not exceeding level fourteen or not exceeding twice the value of the property
which forms the subject of the charge, whichever is the greater; or
(b) imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years;
or both.
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Making off without payment
(1) In this section⎯
“payment on the spot” includes⎯
(a) in relation to the provision of a service, payment at the time of collecting goods on
which work has been done or in respect of which a service has been provided;
(b) payment before leaving the premises in or upon which the service or goods were
provided.
(2) Any person who benefits from a service or consumes any goods lawfully provided to
him or her and, knowing that payment on the spot for the service or goods is required or
expected from him or her, intentionally makes off without paying for the service or goods, shall
be guilty of making off without payment, and liable to⎯
(a) a fine not exceeding level seven or not exceeding twice the value of the service or
goods which form the subject of the charge, whichever is the greater; or
(b) imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years;
or both.
(3) If it is proved in a prosecution for making off without payment that a person, having
benefited from a service or consumed any goods lawfully provided to him or her, absented
himself or herself without paying for the service or goods, and that the service or goods are of a
kind for which payment on the spot is ordinarily required, then it shall be presumed, unless the
contrary is proved, that⎯
(a) he or she knew that payment on the spot for the service or goods was required or
expected from him or her; and
(b) he or she intentionally made off without paying for the service or goods.
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