Dishonest misappropriation of deceased's property: criminalizes conversion before lawful successor obtains possession, with aggravated penalty for clerks or servants. Dishonest misappropriation of property possessed by a deceased person at the time of death requires dishonest conversion of property that was in the deceased's possession at death and has not since come into the possession of any person legally entitled to it; the offence attracts imprisonment and fine and carries aggravated punishment where the offender was the deceased's clerk or servant at the time of death.
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Dishonest misappropriation of deceased's property: criminalizes conversion before lawful successor obtains possession, with aggravated penalty for clerks or servants.
Dishonest misappropriation of property possessed by a deceased person at the time of death requires dishonest conversion of property that was in the deceased's possession at death and has not since come into the possession of any person legally entitled to it; the offence attracts imprisonment and fine and carries aggravated punishment where the offender was the deceased's clerk or servant at the time of death.
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