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— 172

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