Explanation.—The introduction of any part of the criminal trespasser’s body is entering sufficient to constitute house-trespass.
Section history
Section 442 — House-trespass
As in force on 12 November 1993.
Timeline 3 versions
- 30 March 1987 Enacted
- 12 November 1993 You are here
- 1 January 2020 Act 15 of 2019
- 17 August 2026 Latest
Whoever commits criminal trespass by entering into, or remaining in, any building, tent or vessel used as a human dwelling, or any building used as a place for worship or as a place for the custody of property, is said to commit “house-trespass”.