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Summary Offences Act 2005
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### sec.22 Imposition
A person must not impose or attempt to impose on another person to obtain money or an advantage.
Maximum penalty—20 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment.
A person imposes or attempts to impose on another person if the person—
makes an oral or written representation that is false or fraudulent with intent to obtain money or an advantage from the other person; or
by dress, apparel or otherwise, fraudulently seeks to obtain money or an advantage from the other person.
In this section—
advantage includes benefit.
(sec.22-ssec.1) A person must not impose or attempt to impose on another person to obtain money or an advantage. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment.
(sec.22-ssec.2) A person imposes or attempts to impose on another person if the person— makes an oral or written representation that is false or fraudulent with intent to obtain money or an advantage from the other person; or by dress, apparel or otherwise, fraudulently seeks to obtain money or an advantage from the other person.
(sec.22-ssec.3) In this section— advantage includes benefit.
- (a) makes an oral or written representation that is false or fraudulent with intent to obtain money or an advantage from the other person; or
- (b) by dress, apparel or otherwise, fraudulently seeks to obtain money or an advantage from the other person.