Development Financial Institutions Act 2002 · Updated to 6 Oct 2023 · Part V · Dealings with Government Funds
50. Breach of trust
Feedback & supportAny director or officer of a prescribed institution who, being in any manner entrusted with property in any trust fund or with any dominion over property in any trust fund either solely or jointly with any other person, dishonestly misappropriates, or converts to his own use, that property, or dishonestly uses or disposes of that property in violation of the provisions of this Part prescribing the mode in which such trust is to be discharged, or wilfully suffers any other person to do so, commits criminal breach of trust.
director
“director” includes any person who occupies the position of a director, and includes a person in accordance with whose directions and instructions the directors or officers are accustomed to act and an Development Financial Institutions 19 alternate or substitute director, and without prejudice to the foregoing, in the case of— (a) a co-operative society, means a member of the board, or other governing body, of the co-operative society; (b) a statutory body, means a member of the board, committee, council or other governing body of the statutory body; (c) a partnership, means a partner; (d) a sole proprietorship, means the sole proprietor; and (e) any other body, association or group of persons, whether corporate or unincorporate, means a person having the direction and control of the management of its business or affairs;
Any person who commits criminal breach of trust as set out in subsection (1) commits an offence and shall on conviction be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years or to a fine not exceeding twice the value of the property which is the subject matter of the breach or fifty million ringgit, whichever is higher, or to both.
person
“person” includes an individual, any corporation, statutory body, local authority, society, trade union, co-operative society, partnership and any other body, organization, association or group of persons, whether corporate or unincorporate;
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development
“development” includes the commencement of any new industrial, agricultural, commercial or other economic venture or the expansion or improvement of any such existing venture;