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Section 418 — Cheating with knowledge that wrongful loss may be thereby caused to a person whose interest the offender is bound to protect

As in force on 1 April 2022.

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  1. 30 March 1987 Enacted
  2. 1 February 2008 Act 51 of 2007
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418.Cheating with knowledge that wrongful loss may be thereby caused to a person whose interest the offender is bound to protect

Whoever cheats with the knowledge that he is likely thereby to cause wrongful loss to a person whose interest, in the transaction to which the cheating relates, he was bound either by law or by a legal contract to protect shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 5 years, or with fine, or with both.