Deception Flashcards
Section 228(1)(a)
Dishonestly takes or uses a document
7 years imprisonment
With intent To obtain any Property, Service, Pecuniary advantage, or Valuable consideration
Dishonestly and without claim of right, takes or obtains any document
Section 228(1)(b)
Dishonestly takes or uses a document
7 years imprisonment
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
For section 228(1) intent means?
The defendant must intent to obtain, and must intent to obtain by deception
Define obtain
Means to obtain, retain for himself, herself or any other person
Define property
Includes any real and personal property, and any estate or interest in any real or personal property, money, electricity, and any debt, and anything in action and any other right or interest
Define service (r v cara)
In r v cara - service is limited to financial or economic value and excludes privilege or benefit
Define pecuniary advantage (Hayes v R)
A pecuniary advantage is anything that enhances the accused’s financial position
Define valuable consideration
A valuable consideration is shying capable of being valuable consideration, whether of a monetary kind or any other kind, money or moneys worth.
Define dishonestly
Means done or omitted without a belief that there was expressed or implied consent to or authority for the act or omission from a person entitled to give such consent or authority.
Belief in Hayes v r
The question is whether the belief is actually held not whether that belief is reasonable
Define without claim of right
In relation to any act means, a belief at the time of the act in a proprietary or possessory right in property in relation to which the offence is alleged to have been committed, although that belief may based on ignorance or mistake of fact or of any matter of law other than the enactment against which the offence is alleged to have been committed
Claim of right requires that the defendant have?
At the time of the alleged offence, a belief in a proprietary or possessory right in property in relation to which the offence is alleged to have been committed
Nature of belief (claim of right)
- there must be a belief that relates to an element of?
- Ownership of the property in question
- Or a right to take or retain possession of it
(Property may include intangible property)
Define takes
Is the same as theft - when the offender moves the property or causes it to be moved
Define document section 217 CA61
Short definition ( R v Misic) essentially a document is anything which provides evidence or information or serves as a record
Prosecution must prove for uses or attempts
That the offended used or attempted to use the document with the intent,
To obtain the property, service, valuable consideration pecuniary advantage or valuable consideration.
Attempts section 72 CA61
Everyone who having an intent to commit an offence, does or omits an act for the purpose of accomplishing his object is guilty of an attempt to commit the offence intended whether in the circumstances it was possible to commit the offence or not.
Section 240(1) obtaining by deception or causing loss by deception.
(1) everyone is guilty of obtaining by deception or causing loss by deception who, by any deception and without claim of right,
(a) obtains ownership or possession of, or control over any property, privilege, service, pecuniary advantage, benefit,valuable consideration, directly or indirectly or
(b) in incurring any debt or liability, obtains by credit or
(c) induces or causes any other person to deliver over, execute, make, accept, endorse, destroy or alter any document or thing capable of being used to derive a pecuniary advantage or
(d) causes loss to any person
Define deception section 240(2)
(a)
(a) a false representation whether oral, documentary or by conduct, where the person making the representation intends to deceive any other person and
(i) knows that it is false in a material particular or
(ii) is reckless as to whether it is false in a material particular or
Define deception section 240(2)
(b)
(b) an omission to disclose a material particular with intent to deceive any person in circumstances where there is a duty to disclose it or
Define deception section 240(2)
(c)
(c) a fraudulent device, trick or stratagem used with intent to deceive any person
What must you prove for deception
- that there was an intent to deceive
- that there was a representation by the defendant
- that the representation was false, and the defendant either,
- knew it to be false in material particular or
- was reckless wether it was false in material particular
Define representation
Is not defined - SIMESTER BROOKBANKS suggest “it must be capable of being false so it must contain a proposition of fact”
Define false representation
The representation must be false, the defendant must know or believe that it is false in material particular or be reckless whether it is false.
Section 240(1)
Intention to deceive
R v Morley - an intention to deceive requires that the deception is practised in order to deceive the affected party. Purposeful intent is necessary and must exist at the time if the deception.
Section 240 - knowledge
The prosecution must prove that the defendant knew that the representation was false in material particular or was reckless as to its falsity, absolute certainty is not required
Knowledge can be established by
- an admission
- implication from the circumstances surrounding the event
- propensity evidence
Define material particular
It is not defined - its usual meaning of an important, essential or relevant detail or item
Define reckless
A conscious and deliberate taking of an u justifiable risk
When recklessness is an element in the offence the crown must prove the following ?
- the defendant consciously and deliberately ran a risk (subjective test)
- the risk was unreasonable to take in the circumstances (objective test)
Define omission
An inaction or not acting, a conscious decision not to do something
Define the following for section 240(2)(c)
- device - a plan, scheme or trick
- trick - an action or scheme undertaken to fool or outwit or deceive
- stratagem - a cunning plan or scheme for deceiving an enemy
Underlying each term is the concept of
Deceit and dishonesty
Section 240(1)(a) - obtaining by deception or causing loss by deception,
- P
- P
- P
- S
- B
- V/C
Directly or indirectly
- property
- privilege
- pecuniary advantage
- service
- benefit
- valuable consideration
Directly or indirectly
Define privilege and benefit
They both mean a special right or advantage
Difference between theft and obtaining by deception
In Theft, the property is obtained without the owners permission and title is not passed on
Define ownership (title)
Ownership is synonymous with the concept of title - a person parting with goods relinquishes possession to the other person, but also passes on legal right of ownership (title) of the goods
Define actual possession
Where the thing in question is in the persons physical custody
Define potential possession
Where the person has the thing in question under their control ie, storing the thing at an associates address
Define ideal possession (R v Cox)
Where the person has both the physical and mental possession of the thing
- knowledge that the person possesses the thing and
- an intention to possess the thing
Define a special lien
Is a right over another persons property to protect a debt that is (charged on that property) until the debt is repaid.