(1) A person who, by any deception obtains property belonging to another person with the intention of permanently depriving the other person of it, is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for 10 years.
(2) For purposes of this section a person is to be treated as obtaining property if he or she obtains ownership, possession or control of it, and “obtain” includes obtaining for another or enabling another to obtain or to retain.
(3) Section 193 applies, for purposes of this section, with the necessary adaptation of the reference to appropriating, as it applies for purposes of section 188.
(4) For purposes of this section and sections 212 to 214 “deception” means any deception (whether deliberate or reckless) by words or conduct as to fact or as to law, including a deception as to the present intentions of the person using the deception or of any other person.