12(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1U.K.
(2)A person guilty of any offence under section 33(1) of the Larceny Act 1916 (receiving) shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years; but—
(a)in the M1Bankruptcy Act 1914, in section 154(3) (which was added by the M2Bankruptcy Amendment Act 1926, and in certain cases makes a person receiving property fraudulently disposed of by a bankrupt liable to the same punishment as a receiver of property obtained by a misdemeanour), for the words following the word “liable” there shall be substituted the words “on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for not more than seven years or on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding a hundred pounds or to both”; and
(b)in the M3Companies Act 1948, in section 328(2), there shall be omitted paragraph (a) and in paragraph (b) the words “in Scotland”.
(3)—(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2
(6)Nothing in this Act shall affect the punishment provided by section 33 of the M4Larceny Act 1916 for offences committed before the commencement of Part I of this Act.
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 2 para. 12 (1) repealed by Theft Act 1968 (c. 60), Sch. Pt. III
F2Sch. 2 para. 12(3)–(5) repealed by Theft Act 1968 (c. 60), Sch. Pt. III
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1The text of S. 10(2), S. 13(2), Sch. 2 paras. 3, 4, 6, 10, 12(2), 13(1)(a)(c)(d), 14, Sch. 3 and Sch. 4 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
Marginal Citations