The Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act, 2001 (No. 50 of 2001) updates and consolidates the law relating to dishonesty and

fraud In law, fraud is intent (law), intentional deception to deprive a victim of a legal right or to gain from a victim unlawfully or unfairly. Fraud can violate Civil law (common law), civil law (e.g., a fraud victim may sue the fraud perpetrato ...

Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...

. The main sections of the statute include: * Theft and Related Offences *Making gain or causing loss by

deception Deception is the act of convincing of one or many recipients of untrue information. The person creating the deception knows it to be false while the receiver of the information does not. It is often done for personal gain or advantage. Tort of ...

* 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 *

Forgery Forgery is a white-collar crime that generally consists of the false making or material alteration of a legal instrument with the specific mens rea, intent to wikt:defraud#English, defraud. Tampering with a certain legal instrument may be fo ...

* Counterfeiting

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Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act, 2001
2001 in Irish law Acts of the Oireachtas of the 2000s Irish criminal law Fraud in the Republic of Ireland Fraud legislation

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