Section 286: Prohibition of committing larceny (looting)

1) No person shall commit, or cause to be committed, larceny.

2) For the purposes of sub-section (1), a person who does any act, other than an act that constitutes theft or cheating, by which he or she otherwise snatches, whether forcibly or not, takes, whether by manhandling or fighting or giving threat thereof, or causes loss, damage to any property which he or she has no right in or which is under ownership, custody or control of another person, with the intention of snatching, taking, or causing loss, damage to, such property shall be considered to commit larceny.

3) A person who commits the offence referred to in sub-section (1) shall be liable to a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or a fine not exceeding twenty-five percent of the claimed amount subjected to larceny or both the sentences, and the claimed amount subjected to larceny shall be ordered to be paid by the offender to the victim.