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Section 407 — Criminal breach of trust by carrier, etc.

As in force on 1 February 2008.

Timeline 4 versions
  1. 30 March 1987 Enacted
  2. 1 February 2008 Act 51 of 2007
  3. 1 January 2020 Act 15 of 2019
  4. 17 August 2026 Latest
Amended in force 1 February 2008 by Penal Code (Amendment) Act 2007
407.Criminal breach of trust by carrier, etc.

Whoever, being entrusted with property as a carrier, wharfinger or warehouse-keeper, commits criminal breach of trust in respect of such property, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 715 years, and shall also be liable to fine.