Section 124 - Stealing

(1) A person who steals commits a second degree felony.

(2) Where the Court which finds a person guilty of stealing is satisfied that on not less than two previous occasions the accused was found guilty of stealing, the Court shall order that the whole or a part of a term of imprisonment imposed by it shall be spent in productive hard labour.

(3) A person in respect of whom the Court makes an order under subsection (2) is disqualified for election to Parliament or to a District Assembly within the meaning of the Local Government Act, 1993 (Act 462), for a period not exceeding five years.

(4) For the purposes of this section,

“productive hard labour” means labour in a State Farm or State Factory or any other public co-operative or collective enterprise specified by the Minister;

“previous occasions” referred to in subsection (2) may include occasions which occurred prior to the commencement of this Act.