Chapter 38 of the Criminal Code Act in Nigeria. Obtaining property by false pretences: cheating

• Section 418. Definition
• Section 419. Obtaining goods by false pretences
• Section 419A. Obtaining credit by false pretences or other fraud
• Section 419B. Presumption as to false pretences in certain circumstances
• Section 420. Obtaining execution of a security by false pretences
• Section 421. Cheating
• Section 422. Conspiracy to defraud
• Section 423. Frauds on sale or mortgage of property
• Section 424. Pretending to exercise witchcraft or tell fortunes
• Section 425. Obtaining registration, etc., by false pretence

• Section 426. (Repealed by Ordinance No. 20 of 1955).

Chapter 38 Criminal Code Act