APFPEDA Act 22Chapter VI · Miscellaneous
Section 22 · Penalty for making false reports
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Any person who, being required by or under this Act to
furnish any return, fails to furnish such return or furnishes a return containing any particular which is false
and which he knows to be false or does not believe to be true shall be punishable with fine which may
extend to five hundred rupees.
The offence at a glance
- Fine
- ₹500
- Cognizable
- Non-cognizable
- Bailable
- Bailable
- Compoundable
- Not compoundable
- Triable by
- Any Magistrate
- Non-cognizable — Police cannot investigate without a Magistrate's order
- Bailable — Bail is your right — it can be granted at the police station
Derived from the First Schedule Part II rule — not listed section by section
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