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Laws of Malaysia
Act 574
“Fraudulently”
25. A person is said to do a thing fraudulently if he does that
thing with intend to defraud, but not otherwise.
“Reason to believe”
26. A person is said to have “reason to believe” a thing, if he
has sufficient cause to believe that thing, but not otherwise.
“Property in possession of wife, clerk or servant”
27. When property is in the possession of a person’s wife,
clerk or servant, on account of that person, it is in that person’s
possession within the meaning of this Code.
Explanation—A person employed temporarily or on a particular occasion
in the capacity of a clerk or servant, is a clerk or servant within the
meaning of this section.
“Counterfeit”
28. A person is said to “counterfeit”, who causes one thing to
resemble another thing, intending by means of that resemblance
to practise deception, or knowing it to be likely that deception
will thereby be practised.
Explanation 1—It is not essential to counterfeiting that the imitation
should be exact.
Explanation 2—Where a person causes one thing to resemble another
thing and the resemblance is such that a person might be deceived
thereby it shall be presumed until the contrary is proved that the person
so causing the one thing to resemble the other thing intended by means
of that resemblance to practise deception or knew it to be likely that
deception would thereby be practised.