Lawgist30Contravention and penalties
(1) If any person, for the purpose of obtaining for himself or for any other person any title to a Government security, makes to any authority in any application made under this Act or in the course of any inquiry undertaken in pursuance of this Act any statement which is false and which he either knows to be false or does not believe to be true, he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine, or with both.
(2) No Court shall take cognizance of any offence under sub-section (1) except on the complaint of the Bank.
(3) Without prejudice to any other action which the Bank may deem fit to take, the Bank, after giving a reasonable opportunity of being heard, may impose on any person who contravenes any provision of this Act, or contravenes any regulation, notification or direction issued under this Act, or violates the terms and conditions for opening and maintenance of a subsidiary general ledger account, including constituents' subsidiary general ledger account, a penalty, not exceeding five lakh rupees and where such contravention is a continuing one, further penalty which may extend to five thousand rupees for every day after first day during which the contravention continues.
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- 1 Short title, application and commencement
- 2 Definitions
- 3 Forms of Government securities
- 4 Subsidiary general ledger account
- 5 Transfer of Government securities
- 6 Holding of Government securities by holders of public offices
- 7 Recognition of title to Government security of deceased sole holder or joint holders
- 8 Right of survivors of joint holders or several payees
- 9 Nomination by holders of Government securities
- 10 Government securities belonging to minor or insane person
- 11 Issue of duplicate securities and of new securities on conversion, consolidation, sub-division, renewal, stripping or reconstruction
- 12 Summary determination by Bank of title to Government security in case of dispute
- 13 Law applicable in regard to Government securities
- 14 Postponement of payments and registration of transfers pending the making of vesting order
- 15 Power of Bank to require bonds
- 16 Publication of notices in Official Gazette
- 17 Procedure and scope of vesting order
- 18 Legal effect of orders made by Bank
- 19 Stay of proceedings on order of Court
- 20 Cancellation by Bank of vesting proceedings
- 21 Discharge in respect of interest on Government securities
- 22 Discharge in respect of bearer bonds
- 23 Period of limitation of Governments’ liability in respect of interest
- 24 Inspection of documents
- 25 Micro films, facsimile copies of documents, magnetic tapes and computer print outs as documents of evidence
- 26 Bank and its officers to be public officers
- 27 Misuse of subsidiary general ledger account facility
- 28 Pledge, hypothecation or lien
- 29 Power to call for information, cause inspection and issue directions
- 30 Contravention and penalties
- 31 Certain laws not to apply to Government securities
- 31A Powers of Bank not to apply to International Financial Services Centre
- 32 Power to make regulations
- 33 Construction of references to laws not in force in Jammu and Kashmir
- 34 Power to remove difficulties
- 35 Repeal and saving
