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Section 408 — Criminal breach of trust by clerk or servant

As in force on 12 November 1993.

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  1. 30 March 1987 Enacted
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  3. 1 February 2008 Act 51 of 2007
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408.Criminal breach of trust by clerk or servant

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 for a term which may extend to 7 years, and shall also be liable to fine.