Adoption Act, 1952

False statements.

43.—If any person knowingly makes any false statement or furnishes any false information to the Board or a member or authorised officer of the Board or aids or abets another person to do so, he shall be guilty of an offence and, without prejudice to any other penalty to which he may be liable, shall, on summary conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months or to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds or to both.