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(1) Any person who makes any statement relating to his assets and liabilities or those of his spouse, children or dependants, which to his knowledge is false or incorrect in any declaration made by him under section 7 shall be guilty of an offence under this Act and shall on conviction after summary trial before a Magistrate, be liable to a fine not exceeding two thousand rupees or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both such fine and imprisonment. |
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(2) Any person who, being a person who has made a declaration under section 7 and is in receipt of relief under this Act omits, without reasonable cause, to notify the Commissioner, any material change in the particulars furnished by him in such declaration with respect to
| | (a) his assets and liabilities; or | | |
| | (b) the assets and liabilities of his spouse, children or other dependants. | | |
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(3) Any person who
| | (a) fails to comply with the requirement, of a notice sent to him under section 8 ; | | |
| | (b) knowingly furnishes any false or incorrect information in compliance with the requirements of any such notice, | | |
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(4) Any parson who
| | (a) resists or obstructs, interferes with, or attempts to interfere with, or influence, any officer in the discharge of his functions under this Act, or | | |
| | (b) instigates, or attempts to instigate, any person to make a false declaration under this Act, | | |
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(5) Any person who contravenes any regulation made under this Act shall be guilty of an offence under this Act and shall, on conviction after summary trial before a Magistrate, be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand rupees. |
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