# 14 Punishment for making false statement
Any person who shall, in making 3[any declaration or or other statement] under the authority of this Act, make a statement which is false, and which he either knows or believes to be false, or does not believe to be true, shall, on conviction before a Magistrate, be punished by fine not exceeding 1[two thousand] rupees, and imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2[six months].
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1. Subs. by Act 14 of 1922, s. 3 and the First Schedule, for "five thousand".
2. Subs. by s. 3 and the First Schedule, <i>ibid</i>., for "two years".
3. Subs. by Act 55 of 1955 s. 12, for "any declaration" (w.e.f. 1-7-1956).
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