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Criminal Code Act 1983
214Dishonesty
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214 Dishonesty
(1) A person's appropriation of property belonging to someone else is
not dishonest if the person appropriates the property with the
reasonable belief that the property is lost and the owner of the
property cannot be discovered.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person appropriating the
property as a trustee or personal representative.
(3) A person who appropriates the property of another person may be
dishonest even if they are willing to pay for the property.
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