Theft Ordinance
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Section 6
Cap. 210
steal what he picks, unless he does it for reward or for sale or
other commercial purpose.
(5) For the purposes of subsection (4) mushroom (菌類植物)
includes any fungus, and plant (植物) includes any shrub or
tree.
(6) Wild creatures, tamed or untamed, shall be regarded as
property; but a person cannot steal a wild creature not tamed
nor ordinarily kept in captivity, or the carcass of any such
creature, unless either it has been reduced into possession by
or on behalf of another person and possession of it has not
since been lost or abandoned, or another person is in course
of reducing it into possession.
[cf. 1968 c. 60 s. 4 U.K.]
6.
Belonging to another (屬於另一人)
(1) Property shall be regarded as belonging to any person having
possession or control of it, or having in it any proprietary
right or interest (not being an equitable interest arising only
from an agreement to transfer or grant an interest).
(2) Where property is subject to a trust, the person to whom it
belongs shall be regarded as including any person having a
right to enforce the trust, and an intention to defeat the trust
shall be regarded accordingly as an intention to deprive of the
property any person having that right.
(3) Where a person receives property from or on account of
another, and is under an obligation to the other to retain and
deal with that property or its proceeds in a particular way, the
property or its proceeds shall be regarded (as against him) as
belonging to the other.
(4) Where a person gets property by another’s mistake, and is
under an obligation to make restoration (in whole or in part)
of the property or its proceeds or of the value thereof, then
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15.2.2017