Section 17Penalty for false statement

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17. Penalty for false statement (1) If any person, for the purpose of obtaining for himself or for any other person any title to a Bond, makes to any authority under this Act, in any application or in the course of any enquiry, any statement which is false and which he either knows to be false or does not believe to be true, he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine, or with both. (2) No Court shall take cognizance of any offence under sub-section (1) except on the complaint of the Bank.