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Section 29

Section 29. Penalty for false statement

If any person required to make a statement under this Act wilfully makes a false statement or suppresses a material fact with an intention to mislead the prescribed authority, he shall be liable to punishment with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months or with fine not exceeding 1[Rs. 5,000] or with both.

1Superscript markers show text inserted or substituted by a later amendment. The Act carries the markers without the footnotes they refer to, so they are shown without a target.