A Conversation for Section 16(2)(a) of the '1968 Theft Act' (England and Wales)

...or will become liable

Post 1

Pete, never to have a time-specific nick again (Keeper of Disambiguating Semicolons) - Born in the Year of the Lab Rat

The explanation of the passage "for which he makes himself liable or which he is or may become liable" is "that you now owe"; but doesn't it mean "that you now, or may later, owe"?


...or will become liable

Post 2

Bluebottle

Technically you're right, I just tried to break it down into as simple a term as possible. I think in the original the phrase was "that you owe" without the "now", the insertion of which does tend to make it more inaccurate.

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