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Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) - Section 178BA
Obtaining money by deception
178BA. (1) Whosoever by any deception dishonestly obtains for himself or
another person any money or valuable thing or any financial advantage of any
kind whatsoever shall be liable to imprisonment for 5 years.

(2) In subsection (1)-
    "deception" means deception (whether deliberate or reckless) by words or
    conduct as to fact or as to law, including-
    (a) a deception as to the present intentions of the person using the
    deception or of any other person; and
    (b) an act or thing done or omitted to be done with the intention of
        causing-
        (i) a computer system; or
       (ii) a machine that is designed to operate by means of payment or
            identification,
    to make a response that the person doing or omitting to do the act or thing
    is not authorised to cause the computer system or machine to make.
[Modified by No. 71 of 1989 Sch 1 (2)]


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