The Indian Penal Code, 1860

Chapter 17 — Offences Against Property Theft

Section 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 or another, or representing that he or any other person is a person other than he or such other person really is.

About The Indian Penal Code, 1860

An Act to provide a general Penal Code for India.