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Penalty for false statements

Penalty for false statements :

Section – 628. If in any return, report, certificate, balance sheet, prospectus, statement or other document required by or for the purposes of any of the provisions of this Act, any person makes a statement—

(a )  which is false in any material particular, knowing it to be false; or

(b )  which omits any material fact, knowing it to be material;

he shall, save as otherwise expressly provided in this Act, be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, and shall also be liable to fine.