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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 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 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 is a beneficiary under the programme, omits, without reasonable cause, to notify the authority or the Commissioner-General any material change in the particulars furnished by him in a declaration made by him under this Act 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 19 ; | | |
| | (b) knowingly furnish any false or incorrect return or information, in compliance with the requirements of any such notice, | | |
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| (4) Any person who-
| | (a) resists or obstructs, interferes with, or attempts to interfere with, or influence, any officer of the Authority in the discharge of his functions under this Act; or | | |
| | (b) instigates or attempts to instigate any person to make a fallen declaration under this Act, | | |
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| (5) Any Director, the Commissioner-General, any Commissioner, District Commissioner, Assistant Commissioner, or any officer or servant of the Authority who-
| | (a) being a per on required to take an oath of secrecy under section 18 acts under this Act without taking such oath; or | | |
| | (b) who sets in contravention of the provisions of section, shall be guilty of an offence under this Act, and | | |
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| (6) 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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