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Section 275: Housebreaking and burglary – penalties explained

275.Housebreaking and burglary

(1)Any person who—

(a)breaks and enters any building, tent or vessel used as a human dwelling with intent to commit a felony in it; or

(b)having entered any building, tent or vessel used as a human dwelling with intent to commit a felony in it, or having committed a felony in any such building, tent or vessel, breaks out of it,

commits the felony termed housebreaking and is liable, on conviction, to imprisonment for a term of seven years.

(2)If the offence is committed in the night, it is termed burglary, and the offender is liable to imprisonment for a term of ten years.

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You break the law if you force your way into or out of a building, tent, or vessel used as a home with the intent to commit a serious crime inside. Th...

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