Theft, robbery, burglary, etc.
9 Burglary.
1
A person is guilty of burglary if—
a
he enters any building or part of a building as a trespasser and with intent to commit any such offence as is mentioned in subsection (2) below; or
b
having entered any building or part of a building as a trespasser he steals or attempts to steal anything in the building or that part of it or inflicts or attempts to inflict on any person therein any grievous bodily harm.
2
The offences referred to in subsection (1)(a) above are offences of stealing anything in the building or part of a building in question, of inflicting on any person therein any grievous bodily harm or F2raping any person therein, and of doing unlawful damage to the building or anything therein.
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A person guilty of burglary shall on conviction on indictment be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding—
a
where the offence was committed in respect of a building or part of a building which is a dwelling, fourteen years;
b
in any other case, ten years.
4
References in subsections (1) and (2) above to a building, and the reference in subsection (3) above to a building which is a dwelling, shall apply also to an inhabited vehicle or vessel, and shall apply to any such vehicle or vessel at times when the person having a habitation in it is not there as well as at times when he is.