Chapter 38

PERSONATION.

381. Personation in general.

(1) Any person who, with intent to defraud any person, falsely represents himself or herself to be some other person, living or dead, commits a misdemeanour.

(2) If the representation is that the offender is a person entitled by will or operation of law to any specific property, and he or she commits the offence to obtain that property or possession of it, he or she is liable to imprisonment for seven years.

382. Falsely acknowledging deeds, recognisances, etc.

Any person who, without lawful authority or excuse, the proof of which lies on him or her, makes in the name of any other person, before any court or person lawfully authorised to take such an acknowledgment, an acknowledgment of liability of any kind, or an acknowledgment of a deed or other instrument, commits a misdemeanour.

383. Personation of a person named in a certificate.

(1) Any person who utters any document which has been issued by lawful authority to another person, and by which that other person is certified to be a person possessed of any qualification recognised by law for any purpose, or to be the holder of any office, or to be entitled to exercise any profession, trade or business, or to be entitled to any right or privilege, or to enjoy any rank or status, and falsely represents himself or herself to be the person named in the document, commits an offence of the same kind and is liable to the same punishment as if he or she had forged the document.

(2) Any person who, being a person to whom any document has been issued by lawful authority by which he or she is certified to be a person possessed of any qualification recognised by law for any purpose, or to be the holder of any office, or to be entitled to exercise any profession, trade or business, or to be entitled to any right or privilege, or to enjoy any rank or status, sells, gives or lends the document to another person with intent that that other person may represent himself or herself to be the person named in the document, commits a misdemeanour.

384. Personation of a person named in a testimonial of character.

(1) Any person who, for the purpose of obtaining any employment, utters any document of the nature of a testimonial of character given to another person, commits a misdemeanour and is liable to imprisonment for one year.

(2) Any person who, being a person to whom any such document as is mentioned in subsection (1) has been given, gives, sells or lends such document to another person with the intent that that other person may utter such document for the purpose of obtaining any employment, commits a misdemeanour