Section 10: False statement. Whoever, upon being so required by a police officer not below the

10. False statement. Whoever, upon being so required by a police officer not below the rank of Sub­Inspector or a Fishery Officer, makes any statement or furnishes any information which is false in any material particulars and which he knows or has reason to believe to be false, or does not believe to be true, or makes any such statement as aforesaid in any book, account, record, declaration, or any document which he is required to maintain, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one month, or with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees, or with both.

Effective date: 1975-01-01

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