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Penal Code, 1860 (Act No. XLV of 1860).
Criminal breach of
trust by carrier, etc
407. Whoever, being entrusted with property as a carrier, wharfinger or
warehousekeeper, commits criminal breach of trust in respect of such property,
shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may
extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Criminal breach of
trust by clerk or
servant
408. Whoever, being a clerk or servant or employed as a clerk or servant, and
being in any manner entrusted in such capacity with property, or with any
dominion over property, commits criminal breach of trust in respect of that
property, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term
which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Criminal breach of
trust by public
servant, or by banker,
merchant or agent
409. Whoever, being in any manner entrusted with property, or with any
dominion over property in his capacity of a public servant or in the way of his
business as a banker, merchant, factor, broker, attorney or agent, commits
criminal breach of trust in respect of that property, shall be punished with 145[
imprisonment] for life, or with imprisonment of either description for a term which
may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Of the Receiving of Stolen Property
Stolen property
410. Property, the possession whereof has been transferred by theft, or by
extortion, or by robbery, and property which has been criminally misappropriated
or in respect of which criminal breach of trust has been committed, is designated
as "stolen property," whether the transfer has been made, or the misappropriation
or breach of trust has been committed, within or without Bangladesh. But, if such
property subsequently comes into the possession of a person legally entitled to
the possession thereof, it then ceases to be stolen property.
411. Whoever dishonestly receives or retains any stolen property, knowing or
having reason to believe the same to be stolen property, shall be punished with
imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years,
or with fine, or with both.
Dishonestly receiving
stolen property
Dishonestly receiving
property stolen in the
commission of a
dacoity
412. Whoever dishonestly receives or retains any stolen property, the possession
whereof he knows or has reason to believe to have been transferred by the
commission of dacoity, or dishonestly receives from a person, whom he knows or
has reason to believe to belong or to have belonged to a gang of dacoits,
property which he knows or has reason to believe to have been stolen, shall be
punished with 146[ imprisonment] for life, or with rigorous imprisonment for a
term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Habitually dealing in
stolen property
413. Whoever habitually receives or deals in property which he knows or has
reason to believe to be stolen property, shall be punished with 147[
imprisonment] for life, or with imprisonment of either description for a term which
may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Assisting in
concealment of stolen
property
414. Whoever voluntarily assists in concealing or disposing of or making away
with property which he knows or has reason to believe to be stolen property,
shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may
extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.
Of Cheating
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