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Criminal Code Act 1924
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252A Acquiring a financial advantage
[Section 252A Inserted by No. 74 of 1975, s. 8 ]**[Section 252A Amended by No. 33 of 1989, s. 4 ]
(1) Any person who by any deception dishonestly acquires for himself or for any other person any financial advantage is guilty of a crime.
Charge: Dishonestly acquiring a financial advantage.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) deception means any deception (whether deliberate or reckless) by words or conduct as to fact or as to law, including a deception as to the present intentions of the person using the deception or of any other person.