4B. Punishment of specified offences with elements occurring in Singapore but others occurring outside Singapore

Terms defined in this Act

• loss

  loss

  Defined · s 473C

  “loss” includes a loss by not getting what one might get, as well as a loss by parting with what one has. For the purposes of section 473B and subject to subsections (2) and (4), an act or omission intended to be induced is to a person’s prejudice if, and only if, it is one which, if it occurs, will —(a)result in his permanent or temporary loss of property;(b)result in his being deprived of an opportunity to earn remuneration or greater remuneration;(c)result in his being deprived of an opportunity to gain a financial advantage otherwise than by way of remuneration;(d)result in somebody being given an opportunity to earn remuneration or greater remuneration from him;(e)result in somebody being given an opportunity to gain a financial advantage from him otherwise than by way of remuneration; or(f)be the result of his having accepted a false instrument as genuine in connection with his performance of any duty. For the purpose of this section, an act which a person has an enforceable duty to do and an omission to do an act which a person is not entitled to do shall be disregarded. The reference in section 473B to inducing a person (B) to accept a false instrument as genuine includes a reference to inducing a machine to respond to an instrument as if it were a genuine instrument. Where subsection (3) applies, the act or omission intended to be induced by the machine responding to the instrument shall be treated as an act or omission to a person’s prejudice. In subsection (1)(a),

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• property

  property

  Defined · s 22

  “property” means money and all other property, movable or immovable, including things in action, other intangible or incorporeal property and virtual currency;

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