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Section 409 — Criminal breach of trust by public servant, or by banker, merchant, or agent

As in force on 15 May 1998.

Timeline 6 versions
  1. 30 March 1987 Enacted
  2. 15 May 1998 You are here
  3. 1 February 2008 Act 51 of 2007
  4. 30 November 2008 Revised edition
  5. 1 January 2020 Act 15 of 2019
  6. 31 December 2021 Revised edition
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409.Criminal breach of trust by public servant, or by banker, merchant, or agent

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 imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 10 years, and shall also be liable to fine.