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Criminal Code Act 1924

252Cheating

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252 Cheating

Any person who, with intent to defraud, by means of any trick or device, obtains from any person, or induces any person to deliver to any person, anything capable of being stolen, is guilty of a crime.

Charge: Cheating.

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