Def 2

• PROHIBITED ARTICLES

  An article is prohibited if it is

  An offensive weapon (made, adapted or intended) or Bladed or sharply pointed articles (excluding folding pocket knives with cutting edge of blade not exceeding 3 inches) OR articles made, adapted or intended for use in the course of or in connection with any Burglary, Theft, Taking without owners’ consent or Fraud or Criminal Damage or Firework
• OFFENSIVE WEAPON

  Any article made or adapted for use for causing injury to the person or intended by the person having it with him for such use by him, or by sone other person
• GOING EQUIPPED

  It is an offence for any person, when not at his place of abode, has with him any article for use in the course of or in connection with any burglary or theft
• PUBLIC PLACE

  Any place to which, at the material time, the public has, or is permitted access, whether on payment or otherwise
• BREACH OF THE PEACE

  Common Law

  A breach of the peace occurs when harm is done or is likely to be done to a person, or in his presence, his property or whenever a person is in fear of being harmed through an assault, affray, riot or other disturbance
• MISSING PERSONS

  Anyone whose whereabouts cannot be established and where the circumstances are out of character of the context suggests the person may be subject of crime or at risk of harm to themselves or another
• ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR

  Behaving in a manner that caused or was likely to cause harassment, alarm, or distress to one or more persons not of the same household as themself.
• CRITICAL INCIDENT

  Any incident where the effectiveness of the police response is likely to have significant impact on the confidence of the victim, their family or community
• ASSAULT

  An assault is : Any act which intentionally or recklessly causes another person to apprehend immediate and unlawful personal violence
• THEFT

  A person is guilty of theft if he dishonestly, appropriates, property, belonging to another, with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it and ‘theft’ and ‘steal, shall be construed accordingly
• CRIMINAL DAMAGE

  A person who without lawful excuse, destroys or damages any property, belonging to another, intending to destroy or damage any such property or being reckless as to whether any such property would be destroyed or damaged shall be guilty of an offence
• ROBBERY

  A person is guilty of robbery if he steals, and immediately before or at the time of doing so, and in order to do so, he uses force on any person or puts or seeks to put any person in fear of being then and there subjected to force
• BURGLARY

  A person is guilty of burglary if

  9(1)(a) he enters any building or part of a building as a trespasser with intent to steal anything in the building, or part of the building, or inflict GBH on any person therein or, do unlawful damage to the building or anything therein

  9(1)(b) having entered any building or part of a building as a trespasser he steals or attempts to steal anything in the building or that part of it or inflicts or attempts to inflict on any person therein in any grevious bodily harm
• MOTOR VEHICLE

  A mechanically propelled vehicle intended or adapted for use on roads
• Mechanically propelled vehicle

  An MPV is a vehicle constructed so that it can be propelled mechanically by internal combusting engine, steam, electricity