Section 310: Larceny with violence
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310. Larceny with violence
(1) Any person who commits an assault with intent to commit larceny, or
who with threats or by force, demands anything belonging to another person
with intent to steal the same, shall be liable to imprisonment.
(2) (a) Notwithstanding section 152 of the Criminal Procedure Act,
where it is averred that the person assaulted, threatened or against whom
force is used is a minor or physically or mentally handicapped person, the
person charged shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term of
not less than 2 years.
(b) Part X of the Criminal Procedure Act and the Probation of Offenders Act shall not apply to a person liable to be sentenced under paragraph (a).
[S. 310 amended by Act 13 of 1998.]
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