Section 31Punishment for making false statement

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31. Punishment for making false statement Any person who shall, in making any declaration under 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 be punishable with fine not exceeding Taka [five thousand] and imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months.

1. 16. The words “five thousand” were substituted for the words “two thousand” by section 8 of the Printing Presses and Publications (Declaration and Registration) (Amendment) Act, 1991 (Act No. VIII of 1991).