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 15 years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Section history
Section 408 — Criminal breach of trust by clerk or servant
As in force on 30 November 2008.
Timeline 4 versions
- 30 March 1987 Enacted
- 1 February 2008 Act 51 of 2007
- 30 November 2008 You are here
- 1 January 2020 Act 15 of 2019
- 17 August 2026 Latest
[Indian PC 1860, s. 408]