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Section 249: Cattle rustling – stealing livestock with violence

249.Cattle rustling

(1)Any person who—

(a)moves from a community where he or she is ordinarily resident to another community and steals or attempts to steal any cow, bull, ox, ram, ewe, wether, goat, pig, ass, mule, horse, mare, gelding or camel, or the young of any of these animal from that other community and who at the time of, or immediately before, or immediately after the time of the stealing or attempted stealing, uses or threatens to use a deadly weapon or causes death or grievous harm to any person;

(b)organises the stealing of the animals mentioned in paragraph (a) in the manner provided in that paragraph; or

(c)without lawful excuse or authority, the proof of which shall be on him or her, is found in possession of any of the aniamls the mentioned in paragraph (a) which is proved to have been stolen in the manner provided in that paragraph,

commits an offence termed cattle rustling and is liable, on conviction, to imprisonment for life.

(2)In this section, “deadly weapon” has the meaning assigned to it under section 267.

Plain English Summary

You commit cattle rustling if you move from your home community to another community and steal or attempt to steal livestock (such as cows, goats, she...

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