CAP. 63 Penal Code [Rev. 2012] 275. General punishment for theft Any person who steals anything capable of being stolen is guilty of the felony termed theft and is liable, unless owing to the circumstances of the theft or the nature of the thing stolen some other punishment is provided, to imprisonment for three years. 276. Stealing wills If the thing stolen is a testamentary instrument, whether the testator is living or dead, the offender is liable to imprisonment for ten years. 277. Stealing postal matter, etc. If the thing stolen is postal matter or any chattel, money or valuable security contained in any postal matter, the offender is liable to imprisonment for ten years. 278. Stealing stock If the thing stolen is any of the following things, that is to say, a horse, mare, gelding, ass, mule, camel, ostrich, bull, cow, ox, ram, ewe, wether, goat or pig, or the young thereof the offender is liable to imprisonment for a period not exceeding fourteen years. [Act No. 54 of 1960, s. 30.] 278A. Stealing motor vehicle If the thing stolen is a motor vehicle within the meaning of the Traffic Act (Cap. 403), the offender is liable to imprisonment for seven years. [Act No. 22 of 1987, Sch., Act No. 5 of 2003, s. 48.] 278B. Stealing fishing gear If the thing stolen is fishing gear within the meaning of the Fisheries Act, 1988 (Cap. 378), the offender is liable to imprisonment for five years. [Act No. 24 of 1967, s. 8, Act No. 5 of 2003, s. 49.] 279. Stealing from the person; stealing goods in transit, etc. — If the theft is committed under any of the circumstances following, that is to say (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) [Issue 1] if the thing is stolen from the person of another; if the thing is stolen in a dwelling-house, and its value exceeds one hundred shillings, or the offender at or immediately before or after the time of stealing uses or threatens to use violence to any person in the dwelling-house; if the thing is stolen from any kind of vessel or vehicle or place of deposit used for the conveyance or custody of goods in transit from one place to another; if the thing stolen is attached to or forms part of a railway; if the thing is stolen from a vessel which is in distress or wrecked or stranded; P6-84