# Criminal Justice Act 1991, Section 26: Alteration of certain penalties.

Extent: E+W+S

(1) In section 7 of the Theft Act 1968 (theft), for the words “ten years” there shall be substituted the words “seven years”.
(2) For subsections (3) and (4) of section 9 of that Act (burglary) there shall be substituted the following subsections—
“(3) A person guilty of burglary shall on conviction on indictment be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding—
(a) where the offence was committed in respect of a building or part of a building which is a dwelling, fourteen years;
(b) in any other case, ten years.
(4) References in subsections (1) and (2) above to a building, and the reference in subsection (3) above to a building which is a dwelling, shall apply also to an inhabited vehicle or vessel, and shall apply to any such vehicle or vessel at times when the person having a habitation in it is not there as well as at times when he is.”
(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4) In section 51(4) of the Criminal Law Act 1977 (penalties for bomb hoaxes)—
(a) in paragraph (a), for the words “three months” there shall be substituted the words “six months”; and
(b) in paragraph (b), for the words “five years” there shall be substituted the words “seven years”.
(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/53/section/26 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1991/section-26
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