Deception Flashcards
Uses or obtains a document Section Act Penalty Ingredients
Section: 228(a)
Act: Crimes Act 1961
Penalty: 7 years
Ingredients
- With intent to obtain any property, service, pecuniary advantage or valuable consideration
- Dishonestly
- And without claim of right
- Takes OR obtains any document
Ingredient - definition and caselaw
With intent to obtain any property, service, pecuniary advantage or valuable consideration
- Intent
- R V Mohan
- R V Waaka
- Obtain
- Property OR Service OR Pecuniary advantage and Hayes V R (P.A) OR Hayes V R (V.C)
Ingredient - definition and caselaw
Dishonestly
- Dishonestly
2. Hayes V R (Dishonestly)
Ingredient - definition and caselaw
without claim of right
- Claim of right
Ingredient - definition and caselaw
Takes OR obtains any document
- Takes OR obtains
- Document
- R V Misic
Obtains by deception 240(1)(a) Section Act Penalty Ingredients
Section: 240(1)(a)
Act: Crimes Act 1961
Penalty: 7 years/ 1 year/ 3 months
Ingredients
- By any deception
- And without claim of right
- Obtains possession or control over any property OR any Privilege OR service, OR pecuniary advantage OR benefit OR valuable consideration
- Takes OR obtains any document
Uses /attempts to use a document document Section Act Penalty Ingredients
Section: 228(a)
Act: Crimes Act 1961
Penalty: 7 years
Ingredients
- With intent to obtain any property, service, pecuniary advantage or valuable consideration
- Dishonestly
- And without claim of right
- Uses or attempts to use any document
Obtains by deception 240(1)(b) Section Act Penalty Ingredients
Section: 240(1)(b)
Act: Crimes Act 1961
Penalty: 7 years
Ingredients
- By any deception
- And without claim of right
- in incurring any debt OR liability
- Obtains credit
Obtains by deception 240(1)(d) Section Act Penalty Ingredients
Section: 240(1)(d)
Act: Crimes Act 1961
Penalty: 7 years/ 1 year/ 3 months
Ingredients
- By any deception
- And without claim of right
- Causes loss to any person
Hayes V R (P.A)
A pecuniary advantage is anything that enhances the accused’s financial position. It is that enhancement which constitutes the element of advantage
Hayes v R (V.C)
A valuable consideration is anything capable of being valuable consideration, whether of a monetary kind or of any other kind; in short, money or money’s worth
Ingredient - definition and caselaw
Uses or attempts to use any document
- Uses or attempts to use
- Hayes V R (unsuccessful use)
- Document
- R V Misic
Ingredient - definition and caselaw
By any deception
- Deception
- False representation
- Intent to deceive
- R V Morley
- R V Laverty
Ingredient - definition and caselaw
Obtains possession or Control over any property OR Privilege
OR service OR Pecuniary advantage OR benefit OR Valuable consideration
- Obtains
- Possession may be….
- Actual possession OR Constructive possession
- Warner V Metropolitan Police Commisioner (Actual only)
- property OR Privilege
OR service OR Pecuniary advantage OR benefit OR Valuable consideration
Ingredient - definition and caselaw
In incurring any debt OR liability
- Debt OR Liability
Ingredient - definition and caselaw
Obtains credit
- Fisher V Raven
2. R V Mckay
Ingredient - definition and caselaw
Causes loss to any person
- Loss
2. Person (extra if relates to scenario)
Hayes V R (belief)
The question is whether the belief is held, not whether that belief is reasonable. However reasonableness may be relevant as evidence on the issue of whether the belief was actually held