Cap. 9 Art. 280Punishment for theft aggravated by "amount" accompanied with other aggravating circumstances.

(1) Where the theft aggravated by "amount" is accompanied with one or more of the other aggravating circumstances, with the exception of that of "violence" or "means", the offender shall be liable, as the case may be, to the punishments established in the last preceding article, which shall not, however, be awarded in their minimum.

(2) Where the theft, besides being accompanied with the aggravating circumstance of "amount", is also accompanied with the aggravating circumstance of "violence", or with that of "means", or with both, the punishment applicable to theft when accompanied with such aggravating circumstances shall be applied: Provided that, if such punishment be lower than the punishments laid down in the last preceding article, the latter punishments shall be applied with an increase of one degree.

(3) For the purposes of the foregoing sub-article, where the "violence" is directed against any of the persons mentioned in article 276A, the punishment applicable to theft when accompanied with the aggravating circumstance of "violence" shall be the punishment as increased by that article.