The Larceny Act 1901 (1 Edw. 7. c. 10) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It created offences of fraudulent conversion.
This act amended sections 75 and 76 of the Larceny Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 96). It made the offence of fraudulently misappropriating property entrusted to a person by another, or received by him on behalf of another a misdemeanour punishable by penal servitude for a term not exceeding seven years, or by imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for a term not exceeding two years.
Form of indictment
The following specimen counts were formerly contained in paragraph 26 of the second schedule to the Indictments Act 1915 (5 & 6 Geo. 5. c. 90) before it was repealed.
The whole act was repealed by section 48(1) of, and the schedule to, the Larceny Act 1916 (6 & 7 Geo. 5. c. 50), which came into force on 1 January 1917.