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Section 416 - Indian Penal Code, 1860
Indian Penal Code, 1860
416. Cheating by personation
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 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.
Illustration
(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.
Related Sections
- Section 510: Misconduct in public by a drunken person
- Section 150: Hiring, or conniving at hiring, of persons to join unlawful assembly
- Section 157: Harboring persons hired for an unlawful assembly
- Section 218: Public servant framing incorrect record or writing with intent to save person from punishment or property from forfeiture
- Section 440: Mischief committed after preparation made for causing death or hurt
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- Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Act, 2019
- The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
- Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019
- Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (Merger of Union Territories) Act, 2019
- Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes (Production, Manufacture, Import, Export, Transport, Sale, Distribution, Storage and Advertisement) Act, 2019
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