Australian Capital Territory Current Acts Australian Capital Territory Current Acts(1) A person commits an offence if—
(a) the person obtains property, a financial advantage or other benefit from someone else by passing a cheque; and
(b) the person—
(i) does not have reasonable grounds for believing that the cheque will be paid in full on presentation; or
(ii) intends to dishonestly obtain the property, financial advantage or benefit from someone else.
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or both.
(2) A person may be found
guilty of an offence against this section even though, when the cheque was
passed, there were some funds to the credit of the account on which the cheque
was drawn.