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Section 252: Stealing by agents or entrusted persons – 14 years penalty

252.Stealing by agents, etc.

If the thing stolen is any of the following things—

(a)property which has been received by the offender with a power of attorney for its disposition;

(b)property which has been entrusted to the offender either alone or jointly with any other person for him or her to retain in safe custody or to apply it, pay or deliver it or any part of it or any proceeds of it for any purpose or to any person;

(c)property which has been received by the offender either alone or jointly with any other person for or on account of any other person;

(d)the whole or part of the proceeds of any valuable security which has been received by the offender with a direction that the proceeds of the valuable security should be applied to any purpose or paid to any person specified in the direction; or

(e)the whole or part of the proceeds arising from any disposition of any property which have been received by the offender by virtue of a power of attorney for the disposition, the power of attorney having been received by the offender with a direction that the proceeds should be applied to any purpose or paid to any person specified in the direction,

the offender is liable, on conviction, to imprisonment for a term of fourteen years.

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If you are an agent, trustee, or person given control over someone else's property—through a power of attorney, for safe custody, or to apply or deliv...

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