Section 192B — Crimes Act 1900 (NSW)

Deception

(1) In this Part, deception means any deception, by words or other conduct, as to fact or as to law, including—
(a) a deception as to the intentions of the person using the deception or any other person, or
(b) conduct by a person that causes a computer, a machine or any electronic device to make a response that the person is not authorised to cause it to make.
(2) A person does not commit an offence under this Part by a deception unless the deception was intentional or reckless.

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Related sections

s 191 — Uncertainty as to sex or age not to entitle to acquittal
s 192 — Receiving material or tools intrusted for manufacture
s 192A — Verdict where several persons are indicted for jointly receiving
s 192C — Obtaining property belonging to another
s 192D — Obtaining financial advantage or causing financial disadvantage
s 192E — Fraud

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