Act 9
Penal Code Act
2008
(d) “A” sees “Z” drop his purse with money in it. “A”
picks up the purse with the intention of restoring it to
“Z” but afterwards appropriates it to his or her own
use. “A” has committed criminal misappropriation;
(e) “A” finds a purse with money, not knowing to whom it
belongs; he or she afterwards discovers that it belongs
to “Z” and appropriates it to his or her own use. “A”
is guilty of criminal misappropriation;
(f) “A” finds a valuable ring not knowing to whom it belongs
“A” sells it immediately without attempting to discover
the owner. “A” is guilty of criminal misappropriation.
347. Criminal Misappropriation of Property owned by a
Deceased Person at the time of his or her Death.
Whoever commits a criminal misappropriation of property
knowing that the property so misappropriated was the property of
or was in the possession of a deceased person at the time of that
person’s death and has not since been in the possession of any
person legally entitled to such possession, shall upon conviction,
be sentenced to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years
and may also be liable to a fine; and, if the offender at the time of
such person’s death was employed by him as a clerk or servant, the
imprisonment may extend to seven years.
Criminal Breach of Trust
348. Criminal Breach of Trust Defined.
Whoever, being in any manner entrusted with the property or
with any dominion over property, dishonestly misappropriates or
converts to his own use or dishonestly uses or disposes of that
property in violation of law or the terms of any trust, or willfully
suffers any other person so to do, commits criminal breach of
trust, and upon conviction, shall be sentenced to imprisonment
for a term not exceeding five years or with a fine or with both.
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