CAP. 63 Penal Code [Rev. 2012] (4) Any person who damages or unlawfully removes any aircraft, vessel or vehicle while it is detained under section 26 of the Criminal Procedure Code is guilty of a misdemeanour. (5) For the purposes of this section, “aircraft”, “vessel” and “vehicle”, respectively, include everything contained in, being on or attached to any aircraft, vessel or vehicle, as the case may be, which, in the opinion of the court, forms part of the equipment of the aircraft, vessel or vehicle. [Act No. 3 of 1969, s. 4, Act No. 22 of 1987, Sch., Act No. 11 of 1993, Sch.] CHAPTER XXX – FALSE PRETENCES 312. Definition of false pretence Any representation, made by words, writing or conduct, of a matter of fact, either past or present, which representation is false in fact, and which the person making it knows to be false or does not believe to be true, is a false pretence. 313. Obtaining by false pretences Any person who by any false pretence, and with intent to defraud, obtains from any other person anything capable of being stolen, or induces any other person to deliver to any person anything capable of being stolen, is guilty of a misdemeanour and is liable to imprisonment for three years. [Act No. 3 of 1969, s. 4, Act No. 22 of 1987, Sch., Act No. 11 of 1993, Sch., Act No. 5 of 2003, s. 56.] 314. Obtaining execution of a security by false pretences Any person who by any false pretence, and with intent to defraud, induces any person to execute, make, accept, endorse, alter or destroy the whole or any part of any valuable security, or to write any name or impress or affix any seal upon or to any paper or parchment in order that it may be afterwards made or converted into or used or dealt with as a valuable security, is guilty of a misdemeanour and is liable to imprisonment for three years. 315. Cheating Any person who by means of any fraudulent trick or device obtains from any other person anything capable of being stolen, or induces any other person to deliver to any person anything capable of being stolen or to pay or deliver to any person any money or goods or any greater sum of money or greater quantity of goods than he would have paid or delivered but for such trick or device, is guilty of a misdemeanour and is liable to imprisonment for three years. 316. Obtaining credit, etc., by false pretences Any person who— (a) in incurring any debt or liability, obtains credit by any false pretence or by means of any other fraud; or (b) with intent to defraud his creditors or any of them, makes or causes to be made any gift, delivery or transfer of or any charge on his property; or [Issue 1] P6-92