Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act, 2001
Encyclopedia
The Criminal Justice Act, 2001 updates and consolidates the law relating to dishonesty
and fraud
in the Republic of Ireland
.
The main sections of the statute include:
Dishonesty
Dishonesty is a word which, in common usage, may be defined as the act or to act without honesty. It is used to describe a lack of probity, cheating, lying or being deliberately deceptive or a lack in integrity, knavishness, perfidiosity, corruption or treacherousness...
and fraud
Fraud
In criminal law, a fraud is an intentional deception made for personal gain or to damage another individual; the related adjective is fraudulent. The specific legal definition varies by legal jurisdiction. Fraud is a crime, and also a civil law violation...
in the Republic of Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
.
The main sections of the statute include:
- Theft and Related Offences
- Making gain or causing loss by deception
- Making off without payment
- Unlawful use of computer
- False accounting
- Suppression of documents
- Burglary
- Robbery
- Possession of certain articles
- Handling Stolen Property and other Proceeds of Crime
- ForgeryForgeryForgery is the process of making, adapting, or imitating objects, statistics, or documents with the intent to deceive. Copies, studio replicas, and reproductions are not considered forgeries, though they may later become forgeries through knowing and willful misrepresentations. Forging money or...
- Counterfeiting
See also
- Criminal Justice Act Republic of Ireland
- Deception (criminal law) Republic of Ireland
- Michael Fahy Misappropriation conviction