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Cheating by personation
Section 319 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) deals with the offense of 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
(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.
Offence : Cheating by personation.
Punishment : Imprisonment for 5 years, or with fine, or with both.
Cognizable or Non-cognizable : Cognizable.
Bailable or Non-bailable : Cognizable Bailable.
By what Court triable : Any Magistrate.
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