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164 Laws of Malaysia ACT 574
Presumption
409B. (1) Where in any proceeding it is proved—
(a) for any offence prescribed in sections 403 and 404, that
any person had misappropriated any property; or
(b) for any offence prescribed in sections 405, 406, 407, 408
and 409, that any person entrusted with property or with
dominion over property had—
(i) misappropriated that property;
(ii) used or disposed of that property in violation of
any direction of law prescribing the mode in which
such trust is to be discharged or of any legal
contract, express or implied which he had made
touching the discharge of such trust; or
(iii) suffered any person to do any of the acts described
in subparagraph (i) or (ii) above,
it shall be presumed that he had acted dishonestly until the contrary
is proved.
(2) The presumption under subsection (1) shall apply mutatis
mutandis to the offences prescribed in sections 109 and 511 of the
Code in relation to any of the offences referred to in that section.
Stolen property
Receiving Stolen Property
410. (1) Property the possession whereof has been transferred by
theft, or by extortion, or by robbery, and property which has been
criminally misappropriated or in respect of which criminal breach
of trust or cheating has been committed, is designated as “stolen
property”, whether the transfer has been made or the misappropriation
or breach of trust or cheating has been committed within or without
Malaysia. But if such property subsequently comes into the possession
of a person legally entitled to the possession thereof, it then ceases
to be stolen property.
(2) The expression “stolen property” includes any property into
or for which the same has been converted or exchanged and anything
acquired by such conversion or exchange whether immediately or
otherwise.