On 23/05/2013,
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incorporating all amendments published on or before 23/05/2013.
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473C.
—(1) For the purposes of section 473B and subject to subsections (2) and (4), an act or omission intended to be induced is to a person’s prejudice if, and only if, it is one which, if it occurs, will —
(a)
result in his permanent or temporary loss of property;
(b)
result in his being deprived of an opportunity to earn remuneration or greater remuneration;
(c)
result in his being deprived of an opportunity to gain a financial advantage otherwise than by way of remuneration;
(d)
result in somebody being given an opportunity to earn remuneration or greater remuneration from him;
(e)
result in somebody being given an opportunity to gain a financial advantage from him otherwise than by way of remuneration; or
(f)
be the result of his having accepted a false instrument as genuine in connection with his performance of any duty.
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(2) For the purpose of this section, an act which a person has an enforceable duty to do and an omission to do an act which a person is not entitled to do shall be disregarded.
[51/2007]
(3) The reference in section 473B to inducing a person (B) to accept a false instrument as genuine includes a reference to inducing a machine to respond to an instrument as if it were a genuine instrument.
[51/2007]
(4) Where subsection (3) applies, the act or omission intended to be induced by the machine responding to the instrument shall be treated as an act or omission to a person’s prejudice.
[51/2007]
(5) In subsection (1)(a), “loss” includes a loss by not getting what one might get, as well as a loss by parting with what one has.
[51/2007]
[HK Crimes Ordinance 1971, s. 70]