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CRIMINAL LAW CONSOLIDATION ACT 1935 - SECT 144

144—Making off without payment

        (1)         A person who, knowing that payment for goods or services is required or expected, dishonestly makes off intending to avoid payment is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.

        (2)         This section does not apply if the transaction for the supply of the goods or services is—

            (a)         unlawful; or

            (b)         unenforceable as contrary to public policy.



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