Offences in respect of property

Section 39 of the Assam Rifles Act, 2006 deals with offences in respect of property. Any person subject to this Act who commits any of the following offences, that is to say,— (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; The Act came into force on 20 Feb 2006.

Any person subject to this Act who commits any of the following offences, that is to say,—

(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 reason to believe the commission of such offence; 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 an Assam Rifles 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.

Section 39, The Assam Rifles Act, 2006 (Act 47 of 2006).