Criminal Law Code as at 1st March 2007 (b) a banknote issued by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe is forged, the competent charge shall be that specified in section 42 of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Act [Chapter 22:15]. 138 Conviction for fraud, etc., where specific victim not identified A person accused of fraud or any other crime involving the making of a misrepresentation may be found guilty of the crime notwithstanding that⎯ (a) the person to whom the misrepresentation was made is not identified; or (b) the person whom the accused intended to deceive or prejudice, or whom the accused realised he or she might be deceiving or prejudicing, is not identified; or (c) the person to whom prejudice or potential prejudice was or would have been caused is not identified. PART V CAUSING DAMAGE TO OR DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY 139 Interpretation in Part V of Chapter VI In this Part⎯ “damage” means any permanent or temporary damage or injury of any kind to property, whether or not it causes financial loss to the person entitled to own, possess or control the property, and includes⎯ (a) damage or injury which necessitates the repair of the property, whatever the cost of the repair; (b) the displacement, removal or breaking of a constituent part of the property; (c) damage or injury which renders the property unsuitable or less suitable for the use to which it was being put; but does not include damage or injury which is trivial in nature; “property” means any movable or immovable material thing that is capable of being owned by a person, but does not include any of the following things⎯ (a) wild animals, birds, insects and fish that have not been reduced to captivity; (b) eggs, honey and other produce of wild animals, birds, insects and fish, which has not been taken into possession by anyone; (c) property that has been finally and absolutely abandoned by its owner, that is, thrown away or otherwise disposed of by the owner with the intention of relinquishing all his or her rights to it; (d) property that is owned by the person who damages or destroys it, unless some other person has a right to possess or control the property and the person who damages or destroys it intends, by his or her act, to deprive that other person of his or her right. - 82 -