
Offences of Criminal Breach of Trust
Offences of Criminal Breach of Trust
This offence is defined in section 405 and its punishment is detailed in section 406 of the code. The main ingredients to complete the offence are ;
a. Entrusting any person with property;
b. The person so entrusted;
(i) Either dishonestly misappropriates or converts that property to his own use;
(ii) Dishonestly using or disposing of that property in violation of;
(i) any direction of law in which such trust is to be discharged; or
(ii) Any legal contract made touching the discharge of such trust, this offence can be committed by carrier, whar-finger, ware housekeeper, clerk, servant, public servant, banker, merchant, agent, broker, attorney and the like.

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