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Penalty.—(1) Whoever, for the purpose of avoiding any payment to be made by himself under this Act or the Scheme or for the purpose of avoiding such payment to any other person or for obtaining an amount not entitled or in excess of what is entitled from this Fund or for obtaining an amount not entitled or in excess of entitled to any other person from this Fund, knowingly makes or causes to be made any false statement or false representation shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extent to three months or with fine which may extent to five hundred rupees or with both. (2) Whoever, contravenes or makes default in complying with any of the provisions of this Act or of the Scheme shall, if no other penalty is elsewhere provided by or under this Act, for such contravention or non-compliance, be punishable with fine which may extend to four hundred rupees.