(1) If any person refuses or fails to furnish:--

(a) to the Central Government any information which he is required to furnish under sub-section (5) of section 100;

(b) to the Controller any information or statement which he is required to furnish by or under section 146,

he shall be punishable with fine which may extend to 1[ten lakh rupees].

(2) If any person, being required to furnish any such information as is referred to in sub-section (1), furnishes information or statement which is false, and which he either knows or has reason to believe to be false or does not believe to be true, he shall be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to six months, or with fine, or with both.

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Footnote -

1. Subs. by s. 65, ibid., for "twenty thousand rupees" (w.e.f. 1-1-2005).