📜 Official Text

(1) Deceiving someone, and thereby fraudulently or dishonestly inducing them to deliver property, consent to its retention, or do/omit something they wouldn't otherwise, causing or likely causing damage/harm to their body, mind, reputation, or property, is "cheating" - dishonest concealment of facts counts as deception too. Merely breaking a genuine future promise (with honest intent at the time) is not cheating, only a civil matter - but never intending to honour the promise from the start IS cheating. (2)-(4) Punished with up to 3 years, fine, or both (base offence); up to 5 years, fine, or both (where the cheater knew the victim's interest was one they were legally/contractually bound to protect); up to 7 years plus fine (where cheating induces delivery of property or alteration of a valuable security/signed document).