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Criminal Code Act 1924
253Fraud in respect of payment for work
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253 Fraud in respect of payment for work
Any person who unlawfully, and without claim of right takes, removes, or conceals anything capable of being stolen, with intent thereby to obtain for himself or for any person not lawfully entitled thereto, any payment for work done in respect of such thing, or with intent to deprive of any such payment any person entitled to the same, is guilty of a crime.
Charge: Fraud in respect of payment for work.