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Article shared by Legal Provisions of Section 416 of Indian Penal Code, 1860. Cheating by personation: This section defines cheating by personation which is one of the ways in which the offence of cheating is committed. It says that a person is said to ‘cheat by personation’ if he cheats either by pretending to be some other person which he is not, or by knowingly substituting one person for another person, or representing that he is a person other than he really is, or representing that any other person is a person other than such other person really is. ADVERTISEMENTS: The explanation attached to the section states that the offence of cheating by personation is committed whether the individual personated is a real person or an imaginary person. The first illustration clarifies that it is not necessary to change one’s name to commit this offence, and that if there is any other person who also has the same name as that of the accused and the accused cheats by pretending to be that other person, he commits this offence. Yoyo honey singh song download. The second illustration shows that this offence can be committed even by pretending to be some other such person who is dead.