{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/theft-act-1968/schedule-2/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/theft-act-1968/schedule-2/paragraph-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1968/60",
  "legislation_title": "Theft Act 1968",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/theft-act-1968",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 54, as it applies outside England and Wales,—\n(a) there shall be omitted the words “taking, embezzling” and the words “taken, embezzled”, where first occurring;\n(b) for the words “a felony” there shall be substituted the words “an offence” and the word “feloniously” shall be omitted ;\n(c) for the words from “be guilty” to “secreted it” there shall be substituted the words “be guilty of a misdemeanour and be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years”.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/60/schedule/2/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:52:53.355488+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}