LAWS OF BRUNEI
Penal Codep. 154 CAP. 22][2001 Ed.
(b) A puts a bait for dogs in his pocket, and thus induces Z’s dog to follow it: Here, if A’s intention be dishonestly to take the dog out of Z’s possession without Z’s consent. A has committed theft as soon as Z’s dog has begun to follow A.
(c) A meets a bullock carrying a box of treasure. He drives the bullock in a certain direction in order that he may dishonestly take the treasure: As soon as the bullock begins to move, A has committed theft of the treasure.
(d) A, being Z’s servant, and entrusted by Z with the care of Z’s plate, dishonestly runs away with the plate without Z’s consent: A has committed theft.
(e) Z, going on a journey, entrusts his plate to A, the keeper of a warehouse, till Z shall return. A carries the plate to a gold smith, and sells it: Here, the plate was not in Z’s possession. It could not therefore, be taken out of Z’s possession, and A has not committed theft, though he may have committed criminal breach of trust.
(f) A finds a ring belonging to Z on a table in the house which Z occupies: Here, the ring is in Z’s possession, and, if A, dishonestly removes it. A commits theft.
(g) A finds a ring lying on the high road, not in the possession of any person: A, by taking it commits no theft, though he may commit criminal misappropriation of property.
(h) A sees a ring belonging to Z lying on a table in Z’s house. Not venturing to misappropriate the ring immediately for fear of search and detection, A hides the ring in a place where it is highly improbable that it will ever be found by Z with the intention of taking the ring from the hiding place, and selling it when the loss is forgotten: Here, A, at the time of first moving the ring, commits theft.
(i) A delivers his watch to Z, a jeweller, to be regulated. Z carries it to his shop. A, not owing the jeweller any debt for which the jeweller might lawfully detain the watch as a security enters the shop openly, takes his watch by force out of Z’s hand, and carries it away: Here, A , though he may have committed criminal trespass and assault, has not committed theft, inasmuch as what he did was not done dishonestly.
(j) If A owes money to Z for repairing the watch, and if Z retains the watch lawfully as a security for the debt and A takes the watch out of Z’s possession with the intention of depriving Z of the property as a security for his debt, he commits theft, inasmuch as he takes it dishonestly.
(k) Again, if A, having pawned his watch to Z, takes it out of Z’s possession without Z.’s consent, not having paid what he borrowed on the watch, he commits theft though the watch is his own property inasmuch as he takes it dishonestly.
(l) A takes an article belonging to Z out of Z’s possession, without Z’s consent, with the intention of keeping it until it obtains money from Z as a reward for its restoration: Here, A takes dishonestly. A has therefore, committed theft.
(m) A, being on friendly terms with Z, goes into Z’s library in Z’s absence, and takes away a book without Z’s express consent, for the purpose merely reading it and with the intention of returning it: Here, it is probable that A has conceived that he had Z’s implied consent to use Z’s book. If this was A’s impression, A has not committed theft.