Hong Kong Ordinances

THEFT ORDINANCE - SECT 3

"Dishonestly" (不誠實地)

(1) A person's appropriation of property belonging to another is not to be
regarded as dishonest-

   (a)  if he appropriates the property in the belief that he has in law the
        right to deprive the other of it, on behalf of himself or of a third
        person; or

   (b)  if he appropriates the property in the belief that he would have the
        other's consent if the other knew of the appropriation and the
        circumstances of it; or

   (c)  (except where the property came to him as trustee or personal
        representative) if he appropriates the property in the belief that the
        person to whom the property belongs cannot be discovered by taking
        reasonable steps.

(2) A person's appropriation of property belonging to another may be dishonest
notwithstanding that he is willing to pay for the property. [cf. 1968 c. 60 s.
2 U.K.]