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TO ROUTINE F C O TELEGRAM NO 1259 OF 11 DECEMBER.
YOUR TELEGRAM NO. 934 OF 4 DECEMBER.
PUN TING CHAU.
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WE ARE A LITTLE PUZZLED BY YOUR QUERY. 'OBTAINING BY DECEPTION' IS AN OFFENCE UNDER SECTION 17 OF THE THEFT ORDINANCE, CAP 210, LAWS OF HONG KONG, WHICH READS AS FOLLOWS:→
''ANY PERSON WHO BY ANY DECEPTION (WHETHER OR NOT SUCH DECEPTION WAS THE SOLE OR MAIN INDUCEMENT) DISHONESTLY OBTAINS PROPERTY BELONGING TO ANOTHER, WITH THE INTENTION OF PERMANENTLY DEPRIVING THE OTHER OF IT, SHALL BE GUILTY OF AN OFFENCE AND SHALL BE LIABLE ON CONVICTION UPON. INDICTMENT TO IMPRISONMENT FOR TEN YEARS.''
THE SAME OFFENCE IS COVERED BY SECTION 15(1) OF THE THEFT ACT (1968) IN U.K.
2. THE I CAC DOES NOT HAVE AUTHORITY TO INVESTIGATE THIS OFFENCE AS ITS CHARTER ONLY COVERS THE PREVENTION OF BRIBERY ORDINANCE CAP. 201 AND THE CORRUPT AND ILLEGAL PRACTICES ORDINANCE, CAP. 288.
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