Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
The scanned source for this Act is imperfect — headings or section boundaries may be off. Verify against the official source.
Any person who maliciously and falsely gives information to any person ex- ercising powers under this Act leading to a search, seizure, detention or arrest shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with fi ne which may extend to one thousand rupees or with both.