28th September, 1936
304.
THE PALESTINE
GAZETTE
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A n y person who :—
(a) i n incurring any debt or liability obtains credit by any
false pretence or by means of any other fraud ; or
Obtaining credit,
etc., by false
pretences.
( b ) w i t h intent to defraud his creditors or any of them makes
or causes to be made any gift, delivery, or transfer of or
any charge of his property; or
(c) w i t h intent to defraud his creditors, sells or removes any
part of his property since or w i t h i n two months before the
date of any unsatisfied judgment or order for payment of
money obtained against h i m ;
is guilty of a misdemeanour.
305.
A n y person who conspires with another by deceit or any
fraudulent means to affect the market price of anything publicly
sold, or to defraud the public, or any person, whether a particular
person or not, or to extort any property from any person, is guilty
of a misdemeanour.
Conspiracy to
defraud.
306.
A n y person who. being a seller or mortgagor of any
property, or being the advocate or agent of any such seller or
mortgagor, with intent to induce the purchaser or mortgagee to
accept the title offered or produced to h i m , and with intent to
defraud :—
Frauds on sale
or mortgage of
property.
( a ) conceals from the purchaser or mortagee any instrument
material to the title, or anv incumbrance; or
(6) falsifies any certificate on which the title depends or may
depend; or
(c) makes any false statement as to the
conceals any fact material thereto ;
title
offered
or
is guilty of a misdemeanour and is liable to imprisonment for two
years.
307.
A n y person who for gain or reward pretends to exercise
or use any k i n d of witchcraft, sorcery or enchantment, or undertakes to tell fortunes, or pretends from his skill or knowledge i n
any occult science to discover where or i n what manner anything
supposed to have been stolen or lost may be found, is guilty of a
misdemeanour and is liable to imprisonment for one year.
Pretending to
exercise witchcraft or tell
fortunes.
308.
A n y person who wilfully procures or attempts to procure
for himself or any other person any registration, licence or certificate under any law by any false pretence, is guilty of a misdemeanour and is liable to imprisonment for one year.
Obtaining registration, etc., by
false pretence.
CHAPTER
XXXV
RECEIVERS.
309.
A n y person who, by himself or by an agent, wilfully
receives or takes upon himself, either alone or jointly w i t h any
other person, the control or disposition of any thing, money,
valuable security or other property whatsoever, knowing the same
to have been stolen, taken, extorted, obtained or disposed of i n
a manner w i n c h constitutes a felony, is guilty of a felony and is
liable to imprisonment for ten years:
Receiving stolen
property.