Armed robbery
75A Armed robbery
S. 75A inserted by No. 9048 s. 2.
A person is guilty of armed robbery if he commits any robbery and at the time has with him a firearm, imitation firearm, offensive weapon, explosive or imitation explosive within the meaning assigned to those terms for the purposes of section 77(1).
S. 75A(2) amended by Nos 9576 s. 11(1), 49/1991 s. 119(1) (Sch. 2 item 41A), 48/1997 s. 60(1)(Sch. 1 item 54).
A person guilty of armed robbery is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to level 2 imprisonment (25 years maximum).
Note to s. 75A inserted by No. 48/2018 s. 88.
Note
An offence against this section is a category 2 offence under the Sentencing Act 1991 if—
the offender has with him or her a firearm at the time of the offence; or
a victim of the offence has suffered injury as a direct result of the offence; or
the offence was committed by the offender in company with one or more other persons.
See section 5(2H) of that Act for the requirement to impose a custodial order for this offence unless the circumstances set out in paragraphs (a) to (e) of that subsection exist.
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