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 72008152008 years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Section history
Section 407 — Criminal breach of trust of property entrusted for purposes of transportation or storage
Consolidated view is experimental and may be broken for certain provisions.
Amendments
Section 407 — Original text to 1 January 2020superseded
Section 407 — From 1 January 2020 (current)rewritten by Criminal Law Reform Act 2019
Whoever, being entrusted with property for the purpose of transportation for hire or storage for rent or charge, commits criminal breach of trust in respect of such property, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 15 years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Illustration
A carrier is an example of a person who is entrusted with property for the purpose of transportation for hire and a warehouse owner or warehouse operator is an example of a person who is entrusted with property for the purpose of storage for rent or charge.