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StatuteCrimes Act 1961

Section 221 — Crimes Act 1961: Theft of animals

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221 Theft of animals Every one commits theft if he or she kills any animal that is the property of any other person with intent to steal the carcass, skin, or plumage, or any other part, of the animal. Compare: 1961 No 43 s 221 Part 10 (comprising sections 217 to 305) was substituted by a new Part 10 (comprising sections 217 to 272), as from 1 October 2003, by section 15 Crimes Amendment Act 2003 (2003 No 39).

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