253AFraud

253A Fraud

[Section 253A Amended by No. 23 of 2013, s. 4, Applied:01 Sep 2013] Any person who, with intent to defraud, or by deceit or any fraudulent means –

(a) obtains property from a person; or

(b) induces a person to –

(i) deliver, transfer, or assign, property to another person; or

(ii) cause property to be delivered, transferred, or assigned, to another person; or

(c) gains a benefit, pecuniary or otherwise, for any person; or

(d) causes a detriment, pecuniary or otherwise, to any person; or

(e) induces any person to do an act that the person is lawfully entitled to abstain from doing; or

(f) induces any person to abstain from doing any act that the person is lawfully entitled to do –

is guilty of a crime.

Charge:  Fraud.