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Offences of Dishonesty: Money Transfers
Law Commission Report 243
CONTENTS
PART I: INTRODUCTION |
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| The problem | 1.3 | ||||
| The procedure adopted by us for this project | 1.11 | ||||
| The consultation process | 1.14 | ||||
| Our recommendations | 1.15 | ||||
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| Section 15 of the Theft Act 1968 | 2.1 | ||||
| Preddy and Slade; Dhillon | |||||
| The facts | 2.3 | ||||
| The certified questions | 2.5 | ||||
| The first question | 2.7 | ||||
| The second question | 2.11 | ||||
| The third question | 2.12 | ||||
| The lacuna in the applicability of section 15 exposed by Preddyand the relationship between Preddy and Halai | 2.13 | ||||
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| Alternative offences under section 15 of the 1968 Act | |||||
| Obtaining "other intangible property" | 3.4 | ||||
| Obtaining a cheque qua chose in action | 3.5 | ||||
| Obtaining a cheque qua cheque form | 3.6 | ||||
| Possible alternative offences under other provisions of the Theft Acts | |||||
| Theft | 3.12 | ||||
| Theft by extinction of the victims chose in action | 3.13 | ||||
| Theft of the funds obtained | 3.16 | ||||
| False accounting | 3.24 | ||||
| Procuring the execution of a valuable security by deception | 3.28 | ||||
| Evasion of liability by deception | 3.35 | ||||
| Conspiracy to defraud | 3.38 | ||||
| Other offences under the Theft Acts | |||||
| Obtaining a pecuniary advantage by deception | 3.41 | ||||
| Obtaining services by deception | 3.46 | ||||
| Conclusion | 3.52 | ||||
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| "Property" | 4.2 | ||||
| Extension of the section 15 offence | 4.6 | ||||
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| The elements of the new offence | 5.2 | ||||
| The accounts debited and credited | 5.3 | ||||
| The connection between the debit and the credit | 5.9 | ||||
| Overdrafts | 5.11 | ||||
| Cheque payments | 5.12 | ||||
| Territorial jurisdiction | 5.16 | ||||
| Sentence | 5.20 | ||||
| Retrospective effect | 5.22 | ||||
| The presumption of legislative intention | 5.23 | ||||
| "Technical" changes to the law | 5.24 | ||||
| The European Convention on Human Rights | 5.26 | ||||
| Conclusion | 5.35 | ||||
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| The nature of the problem | 6.1 | ||||
| The need for a new offence | 6.8 | ||||
| The definition of the new offence | |||||
| Receipt and retention | 6.10 | ||||
| The initial dishonest credit | 6.13 | ||||
| Stolen goods | 6.19 | ||||
| Examples | 6.20 | ||||
| Territorial jurisdiction | 6.21 | ||||
| Sentence | 6.22 | ||||
| Retrospective effect | 6.23 | ||||
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APPENDIX B: EXTRACTS FROM THE THEFT ACTS 1968 AND 1978 | |||||
APPENDIX C: INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANISATIONS WHO COMMENTED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ON OUR PROVISIONAL PROPOSALS | |||||