(a)result in his permanent or temporary loss of property;
Section history
Section 473C — Meaning of “prejudice” and “induce”
As in force on 30 December 2025.
Timeline 2 versions
- 1 February 2008 Act 51 of 2007
- 30 December 2025 You are here
- 17 August 2026 Latest
(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 —
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.