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Title: | The concept of 'taking, gain, obtaining and appropriation' in crimes against property |
Authors: | Borg Cole, Siegfried |
Keywords: | Criminal law -- Malta Property -- Malta Offenses against property -- Malta |
Issue Date: | 1979 |
Citation: | Borg Cole, S. (1979). The concept of 'taking, gain, obtaining and appropriation' in crimes against property (Master's dissertation). |
Abstract: | Theft - Malta : The criminal code deals with theft in sections 274 to 301 and provides for two distinct types of theft : simple theft and aggravated theft. Section 297 on 'simple theft' states that : "theft when not accompanied with any of the aggravating circumstances specified in section 274 is simple theft." In none of its sections does the criminal code give a definition of theft. In the absence of such a definition in the criminal code, our courts have invariably adopted the definition drafted by Carrara. Case-law : In Rex V. Antonio Pisani the court of criminal appeal enunciated that : "... illi ghalkemm il-ligi taghna man taghtix definizzjoni tas-serq, huwa pacifiku dottrinalment illi s-serq huwa l-kontrettazzjoni dolnza tal-haga ta' hadd iehor, maghmula ..." Carrara's definition has been expressly quoted in many judgements. Harding J. enunciated in Police V. Scicluna et that "... ghalkemm in-nozzjoni tas-serq tista' prima facie tidher facili u ta' intelligenzza volgari madankollu r-reat ta' serq dejjem ta' lok ghal kistjonijiet frequenti u vivament dibattuti fid-dritt kriminali. Il-gurisprudenza Maltija generalment adottat id-definizzjoni li ta' l-Carrara tar-reat ta' serq, jigifieri: 'la contrattazione dolosa della cosa altrui, fatta 'invito domino' con animo di farne lucro" ... |
Description: | LL.D. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/65265 |
Appears in Collections: | Dissertations - FacLaw - 1958-2009 |
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