Section 69Part 10 — Miscellaneous
Punishment of fraud or misappropriation
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Whoever obtains possession by false representation or imposition of any property of a society, or having the same in that person’s possession withholds or misplaces the same, or wilfully applies any part thereof to purposes other than those expressed, or directed in the rules of the society and authorised by this Law shall, on the complaint of the society, any member authorised by the society, the committee thereof, the Authority or the Registrar, be liable on summary conviction to a fine of forty dollars with costs, and to be ordered to deliver up all such property or to repay all moneys applied improperly, and in default of such delivery or repayment, or of the payment of such fine, to imprisonment for three months; but nothing in this section shall prevent any such person from being proceeded against by way of indictment, if not previously convicted of the same offence under this Law.