INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
419. Punishment for cheating by personation
319(2). Cheating by personation.
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INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
419. Punishment for cheating by personation.--Whoever cheats by
personation shall be punished with imprisonment of either description
for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with
both.
Repealed / historical reference India Code — IPC 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
319. Cheating by personation.—(1) A person is said to cheat by personation if he cheats by
pretending to be some other person, or by knowingly substituting one person for or another, or
representing that he or any other person is a person other than he or such other person really is.
Explanation.—The offence is committed whether the individual personated is a real or imaginary
person.
Illustrations.
(a) A cheats by pretending to be a certain rich banker of the same name. A cheats by personation.
(b) A cheats by pretending to be B, a person who is deceased. A cheats by personation.
(2) Whoever cheats by personation shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a
term which may extend to five years, or with fine, or with both.
Of fraudulent deeds and dispositions of property