47. Giving or making false information or statement

Any person who gives information or makes a statement on the requirement of this Act, that is false in any material particular, unless he proves that he did not know and had no reason to suspect that the information or statement is false and had taken all reasonable steps to ascertain the truth of the information or statement, commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding ten thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both, and for a second or subsequent offence, to a fine not exceeding twenty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both.