5 Obliteration with intent to concealment.
If any person with intent to conceal Her Majesty’s property in any stores takes out, destroys, or obliterates, wholly or in part, any such mark as aforesaid, or any mark whatsoever denoting the property of Her Majesty in any stores, he shall be guilty of felony and shall on conviction thereof be liable, in the discretion of the court before which he is convicted, to be kept in penal servitude for any term not exceeding seven years . . .
Reference to penal servitude to be construed as reference to imprisonment: (E.W.) Criminal Justice Act 1948 (c. 58), s. 1(1); (S.) Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21), s. 221(1); and (N.I.) Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 (c. 14), s. 1(1)
S. 5 amended as to mode of trial by Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43, SIF 82), Sch. 1 para. 8; and (N.I.) by The Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/1675), Sch. 2 (as substituted by The Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/1883), art. 3(2), Sch. 2)
Words repealed by Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1893 (c. 54)