Act 9
Penal Code Act
342. Cheating by Impersonation.
2008
(1) A person is said to “cheat by impersonation” if he or she
cheats by pretending to be some other person, by
knowingly substituting one person for another, or by
representing that he, she or any other person is a person
other than he or she or such other person really is.
(2) The offence of cheat by impersonation is committed whether
the person impersonated is real or imaginary.
(3) Whoever cheats by impersonation shall upon conviction, be
sentenced to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three
years or with a fine or with both.
343. Cheating with the knowledge that wrongful loss may ensue
to a person whose interest offender is bound to protect.
Whoever cheats with the knowledge that he or she is likely to
cause wrongful loss to a person who has an interest in the
transaction to which the cheating relates, and who he or she was
bound either by law or by a legal contract to protect, shall upon
conviction, be sentenced to imprisonment for a term not
exceeding three years or with a fine or with both.
344. Cheating and Dishonestly Inducing Delivery of Property.
Whoever cheats and fraudulently or dishonestly induces the
person deceived to deliver any property to any person or to make
or alter or destroy the whole or any part of a document of title or
anything which is signed or sealed and which is capable of being
converted into a document of title, upon conviction, shall be
sentenced to imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven years
and may also be liable to a fine.
345. Cheating by False Description of Goods for Sale.
Whoever sells or attempts to sell or exhibits or offers for sale—
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