Cap. 9 Art. 281Punishment for theft aggravated by "person", "place", "time" or "nature of thing stolen".

Whosoever shall be guilty of theft aggravated only by

"person", "place", "time", or "the nature of the thing stolen", shall be liable -

(a) where the theft is accompanied with one only of these four aggravating circumstances, to imprisonment for a term from seven months to two years;

(b) where the theft is accompanied with two of such aggravating circumstances, to the same punishment, which, however, shall in no case be awarded in its minimum;

(c) where the theft is accompanied with more than two of such aggravating circumstances, to the said punishment, which may, however, be increased to any term not exceeding three years.