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Which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 defines criminal breach of trust?

Section 316(1) defines criminal breach of trust. It requires entrustment of property or dominion over it and the dishonest or wilful conduct specified in the provision.…

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Which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 defines criminal breach of trust?

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Section 316(1) defines criminal breach of trust. It requires entrustment of property or dominion over it and the dishonest or wilful conduct specified in the provision.

Section 316(2) prescribes punishment for the general offence.

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Option A

This is dishonest misappropriation of property.

Option B

This is dishonest misappropriation of property possessed by a deceased person at death.

Option C

This supplies the definition and its elements.

Option D

This prescribes the punishment for the general offence.

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