Abstracting of electricity.
1968, 2 60 * 11.
Dishonest use of public telephone or telex Bystem. 1968, A 60, Sch. 1. Pt. L.
PARA. I.
Obtaining
property by deception.
1968, 10, 60, s. 11
Obtaining
pecuniary
advantage by deception.
1968, c. 60, «, 15.
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that it does not include a conveyance constructed or adapted for use only under the control of a person not carried in or on it, and “drive" shall be construed accordingly; and
"owner" in relation to a conveyance which is the subject of a hiring agreement or hire-purchase agreement means the person in possession of the conveyance under that agreement.
15. Any person who dishonestly uses without due authority, or dishonestly causes to be wasted or diverted, any electricity shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction upon indictment to imprisonment for live years,
16. Any person who dishonestly uses a public telephone or telex system with intent to avoid payment shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to imprisonment for two
years.
FRAUD AND BLACKMAIL..
17. (1) 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.
(2) For the purposes of this section a person is to be treated as obtaining property if he obtains ownership, possession or control of it, and "obtein" includes obtaining for another or enabling another to obtain or to retain.
(3) Section 7 shall apply for the purposes of this section, with the necessary adaptation of the reference to appropriating as it applies for the purposes of section 2.
(4) For the purposes of this section-
"deception" means any deception (whether deliberate or reckless) by words or conduct as to fact or as to law, including a deception relating to the past, the present or the future and a deception as to the intentions or opinions of the person using the deception or any other person.
18. (1) Any person who by any deception (whether or not such deception was the sole or main inducement) dishonestly obtains for himself or another any pecuniary advantage shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction upon indict- meat to imprisonment for ten years.
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(2) The cases in which a pecuniary advantage within the meaning of this section is to be regarded as obtained for a person are cases where---
(a) any debt or charge for which he makes himself liable or is or may become liable (including one not legally enforceable) is reduced or in whole or in part evaded or deferred; or
(b) he is allowed to borrow by way of overdraft, or to take out any policy of insurance or annuity contract, or obtains an improvement on the terms on which he is allowed to do so; or
(c) he is given the opportunity to earn remuneration or greater remuneration in an office or employment, or to win money by batting-
(3) For the purposes of this section, "deception" has the same meaning as in section 17.
19. (1) Where a person dishonestly, with a view to gain for himself or another or with intent to cause loss to another.........
(a) destroys, defaces, conceals or falsifies any account or any record or document made or required for any accounting purpose; or
(b) in furnishing information for any purpose produces or makes use of any account, or any such record or docu. ment as aforesaid, which to his knowledge is or may be misleading, false or deceptive in a material particular, be shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction upon indictment to imprisonment for seven years.
(2) For the purposes of this section a person who makes or concurs in making in an account or other document an entry which is or may be misleading, false or deceptive in a material particular, or who omits or concurs in omitting a material partic- ular from an account or other document, is to be treated as falsifying the account or document.
20. (1) Where an offence committed by a body corporate under section 17, 18 or 19 is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of any director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate, or any person who was purporting to act in any such capacity, he as well as the body corporate shall be guilty of that offence, and shall be able to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
False Accounting.
1962, C. NO, » 17.
Liability of company officers for certain offences by company. 1969, c. 60, 1, 18.