A person who commits theft as defined in Article 328 and 334 where the taking was prompted by desire and was for immediate consumption or use,
Penal Code
2015 English source edition · Current applicability not established.
English-language 2015 Ministry of Justice edition. Refworld catalogues this English expression as an unofficial translation; Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation.
Article 336
Petty Theft · Preserved transcription; page attribution imported from the source collection. Verify against the original.
is guilty of petty theft, a Class 2 petty offence, punishable with a definite term of imprisonment of not less than 1 month and not more than 6 months, or a fine of 5,001 – 20,000 Nakfas, to be set in intervals of 1,000 Nakfas.
The Court may impose no punishment where the offence was committed due to hardship or need.