(1) Whenever a person is charged with stealing or other dishonest appropriation of property, the Court or jury may acquit him or her and instead, convict him or her of unlawful trespass.
(2) A person convicted under subsection (1) is liable, in the case of a Court of summary jurisdiction to a fine of $1,000, and in the case of the High Court to imprisonment for 12 months or to a fine at the discretion of the Court.