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General criminal law. Section 13 defines 'intent to defraud' and s. 165A creates an 'Offence of fraud'. Other offences include obtaining property, a money transfer, a pecuniary advantage or services by deception (ss. 153-157), false accounting (s. 162), false statements by company directors (s. 164), forgery and uttering false documents (ss. 175-182), and bribery and corruption of officers (ss. 284, 289-291, 300). Only the section headings were read; the section texts were not.