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False statements in declaration.-!£ any person makes a statement in a verification mentioned in section 4 or sub-section (2) ~f sectwn 9 which is false and which he ezther knows or believes to be fahe or does not believe to be true, he shall be deemed to have commttted the offence described in section 177 of the Indian Penal Code.