Penal Code

as a member of a group formed to commit similar offences;

at night in an inhabited place or one used for dwelling;

of property from a grave;

of religious objects, or objects of scientific, historical or artistic value, from a church, mosque, or other place of worship, or from museums, universities, ruins officially identified for preservation as items of heritage or other public buildings open to the public;

being a public servant or private person relating to property under their care or to which they have access;

by looting, or under cover of an emergency, public disturbance or disaster; or

by carrying firearms or tools or implements for house-breaking,

is guilty of aggravated theft, punishable in the following order of graduation:

an offence under this Article for an amount not exceeding 100,000 Nakfas, or any other benefit calculated to be equivalent to that amount, shall be punished as a Class 8 serious offence, punishable with a definite term of imprisonment of not less than 3 years and not more than 5 years;

an offence under this Article for an amount between 100,001 and 1,000,000 Nakfas, or any other benefit calculated to be equivalent to that amount, shall be punished as a Class 7 serious offence, punishable with a definite term of imprisonment of not less than 5 years and not more than 7 years;

an offence under this Article for an amount between 1,000,001 and 5,000,000 Nakfas, or any other benefit calculated to be equivalent to that amount, shall be punished as a Class 6 serious offence, punishable with a definite term of imprisonment of not less than 7 years and not more than 10 years;

an offence under this Article for an amount exceeding 5,000,000 Nakfas, or any other benefit calculated to be equivalent to that amount, shall be punished as a Class 5 serious offence, punishable with a definite term of imprisonment of not less than 10 years and not more than 13 years.