(1) Whoever, being a member of a group or gang, either singly or
jointly, commits any act of theft, snatching, cheating, unauthorised selling of tickets, unauthorised betting
or gambling, selling of public examination question papers or any other similar cri minal act, is said to
commit petty organised crime.
Explanation .-For the purposes of this sub -section “theft” includes trick theft, theft from vehicle,
dwelling house or business premises, cargo theft, pick pocketing, theft through card skimming,
shoplifti ng and theft of Automated Teller Machine.