Z remits $5,000 to A, with directions to A to invest the same in Government securities. There is an express or implied contract between A and Z that all sums remitted by Z to A shall be invested by A according to Z’s direction.
(c) A, residing in Singapore, is agent for Z, residing in Penang. Z, going on a journey, entrusts his furniture to A, under a contract that it shall be returned on payment of a stipulated sum for warehouse room. A has committed criminal breach of trust. (a) A, being executor to the will of a deceased person, dishonestly disobeys the law which directs him to divide the effects according to the will, and appropriates them to his own use. 224):Ĥ05 Whoever, being in any manner entrusted with property, or with any dominion over property, dishonestly misappropriates or converts to his own use that property, or dishonestly uses or disposes of that property in violation of any direction of law prescribing the mode in which such trust is to be discharged, or of any legal contract, express or implied, which he has made touching the discharge of such trust, or wilfully suffers any other person to do so, commits “criminal breach of trust”.
Criminal breach of trust examples code#
Sections 405 – 409 of the Penal Code (Cap. What is the criminal offence of criminal breach of trust (CBT)? What are the elements that make up the offence? When would it be criminal as opposed to a mere civil breach of trust or breach of contract? What are the sentencing norms and precedents as regards CBT?
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