Theft Ordinance 6 Section 5 5. Cap. 210 Property (財產) (1) Property (財產) includes money and all other property, real and personal, including things in action and other intangible property. (2) A person cannot steal land, or things forming part of land and severed from it by him or by his directions, except in the following cases, that is to say— (a) when he is a trustee or personal representative, or is authorized by power of attorney, or as liquidator of a company, or otherwise, to sell or dispose of land belonging to another, and he appropriates the land or anything forming part of it by dealing with it in breach of the confidence reposed in him; or (b) when he is not in possession of the land and appropriates anything forming part of the land by severing it or causing it to be severed, or after it has been severed; or (c) when, being in possession of the land under a tenancy, he appropriates the whole or part of any fixture or structure let to be used with the land. (3) For the purposes of subsection (2)— land (土地) does not include incorporeal hereditaments; tenancy (租賃) means a tenancy for years or for any less period and includes an agreement for such a tenancy, but a person who after the end of a tenancy remains in possession by virtue of any Ordinance or otherwise is to be treated as having possession under the tenancy, and let (租) shall be construed accordingly. (4) A person who picks mushrooms growing wild on any land, or who picks flowers, fruit or foliage from a plant growing wild on any land, does not (although not in possession of the land) Verified Copy Last updated date 15.2.2017