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Obtaining services by deception

Cap. 101, s. 157 · Revised Edition 2020

(1) A person who by any deception dishonestly obtains services from another shall be guilty of an offence. (2) It is an obtaining of services where the other is induced to confer a benefit by doing some act, or causing or permitting 116 some act to be done, on the understanding that the benefit has been or will be paid for. (3) Without prejudice to the generality of sub-section (2) above, it is an obtaining of services where the other is induced to make a loan, or to cause or permit a loan to be made, on the understanding that any payment (whether by way of interest or otherwise) will be or has been made in respect of the loan.

Amended by: 18 of 1998

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