Act Number: 53

Act Name: The Sashastra Seema Bal Act, 2007

Year: 2007

Enactment Date: 2007-12-20

Long Title: An Act to provide for the constitution and regulation of an armed force of the Union for ensuring the security of the borders of India and for matters connected therewith.

Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs

Department: Department of Internal Security

Section 33: Offences in respect of property.
    Any person subject to this Act who commits any of the following offences, namely:–
         (a) commits theft of any property belonging to the Government, or to any Force mess, band or institution, or to any person subject to this Act; or
         (b) dishonestly misappropriates or converts to his own use any such property; or
         (c) commits criminal breach of trust in respect of any such property; or
         (d) dishonestly receives or retains any such property in respect of which any of the offences under clauses (a), (b) and (c) has been committed, knowing or having reasons to believe the commission of such offences; or
         (e) wilfully destroys or injures any property of the Government entrusted to him; or
         (f) does any other thing with intent to defraud, or to cause wrongful gain to one person or wrongful loss to another person,
shall, on conviction by a Force Court, be liable to suffer imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years or such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned.
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