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Section 274: Definition of breaking and entering under Ugandan law

274.Definition of breaking and entering

(1)A person who breaks any part of a building, whether external or internal, or opens by unlocking, pulling, pushing, lifting or any other means any door, window, shutter, cellar flap or other thing, intended to close or cover an opening in a building, or an opening giving passage from one part of a building to another, is deemed to break the building.

(2)A person is deemed to enter a building as soon as any part of his or her body or any part of any instrument used by him or her is within the building.

(3)A person who obtains entrance into a building by means of any threat or artifice used for that purpose, or by collusion with any person in the building, or who enters any chimney or other aperture of the building permanently left open for any necessary purpose, but not intended to be ordinarily used as a means of entrance, is deemed to have broken and entered the building.

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You break into a building if you damage any part of it (inside or outside), or if you open any door, window, shutter, cellar flap, or anything meant t...

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