# Larceny Act 1916, Section 26: Housebreaking and committing felony


Every person who—
(1) breaks and enters any dwelling-house, or any building within the curtilage thereof and occupied therewith, or any school-house, shop, warehouse, counting-house, office, store, garage, pavilion, factory, or workshop, or any building belonging to His Majesty, or to any Government Department, or to any municipal or other public authority, and commits any felony therein ; or
(2) breaks out of the same, having committed any felony therein;
shall be guilty of felony and on conviction thereof liable to penal servitude for any term not exceeding fourteen years.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1916/50/section/26 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/larceny-act-1916/section-26
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