IPC Section 419 is now BNS Section 319(2)
- IPC 419 (Punishment for cheating by personation) → BNS 319(2) Cheating by personation
Verbatim · BNS 319(2)(2) Whoever cheats by personation shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to five years, or with fine, or with both.
Read the full BNS Section 319 →
Offences committed before 1 July 2024 are still charged and tried under the IPC; the BNS applies to offences on or after that date.
Old-to-new correspondence is indicative and not always one-to-one; read the new text itself.