Any person who—
| (a) |
steals any public property or property belonging to any institution of the South African Defence Force; or |
| (b) |
steals any property belonging to a person subject to this Code; or |
| (c) |
receives any property referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) knowing it to have been stolen, |
shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction, in the case of—
| (i) |
an offence referred to in paragraph (a), to imprisonment for a period not exceeding ten years; |
| (ii) |
an offence referred to in paragraph (b), to imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years; or |
| (iii) |
an offence referred to in paragraph (c), to the punishment provided in subparagraph (i) or in subparagraph (ii), according as to whether the property received was property referred to in paragraph (a) or property referred to in paragraph (b). |
Contingency Fees Act, 1997
