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.