Criminal Code Act 1995

Schedule - The Criminal Code  

Section 3

CHAPTER 7 - THE PROPER ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT  

Part 7.3 - Fraudulent conduct  

Division 133 - Preliminary  

SECTION 133.1  

133.1   Definitions  
In this Part:

account
means an account (including a loan account, a credit card account or a similar account) with a bank or other financial institution.

deception
means an intentional or reckless deception, whether by words or other conduct, and whether as to fact or as to law, and includes:


(a) a deception as to the intentions of the person using the deception or any other person; and


(b) conduct by a person that causes a computer, a machine or an electronic device to make a response that the person is not authorised to cause it to do.


 

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