Stock Theft Act, 1959 (Act No. 57 of 1959)11. Verdicts on a charge of theft of stock or produce |
(a) | the theft of or an attempt to commit the theft of such stock or produce; or |
(b) | receiving such stock or produce knowing the same to have been stolen; or |
(c) | inciting, instigating, commanding or procuring another person— |
(i) | to steal such stock or produce; or |
(ii) | to receive such stock or produce; or |
(d) | knowingly disposing of, or knowingly assisting in the disposal of, stock. or produce which has been stolen or which has been received with knowledge of it having been stolen; or |
(e) | contravening section two or three. |
(2) | Any person charged with the theft of stock or produce belonging to a particular person may be found guilty of any of the offences mentioned in sub-section (1), notwithstanding the fact that the prosecution has failed to prove that such stock or produce actually did belong to such particular person. |