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
R V Misic
Essentially a document is a thing which provides evidence or information or serves as a record
R V Morley
An intention to deceive requires that the deception is practiced in order to deceive the affected party. Purposeful intent is necessary and must exist as the time of the deception
Hayes V R (unsuccessful use)
An unsuccessful use of a document is as much use as a successful one. Because the use does not have to be successful it may be difficult to draw a clear line between use and attempted use.
R V Laverty
It is necessary for the prosecution to prove that the person parting with the property was induced to do so by the false representation made
Fisher V Raven
Credit
Refers to the obligation on the debtor to pay or repay in the time given to do so by the creditor. The obligation to pay must be legally enforceable
R V Mckay
…credit had been obtained….but at that time the accused did not possess an intent to deceive