(1) A person commits the offence of robbery if he or she steals, and immediately before or at the time of doing so, and in order to do so, he or she uses force on the person or puts or seeks to put the person in fear of being then and there subjected to force.
(2) A person who commits the offence of robbery, or of an assault with the intent to rob, is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for 20 years.