Section 184 of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) creates two separate offences: false personation of a real person, and pretending to be 'some other person' which extends to fictitious persons. The defence of duress requires proportionality between the threat and the criminal response, and obtaining false passports and driver licences is not proportionate to threats to personal safety where lawful alternatives (such as police protection) are available. Physical illness alone does not constitute a 'mental condition' sufficient to engage the fitness to be tried provisions of the Mental Health (Criminal Procedure) Act 1990 (NSW).
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