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If any person, for the purpose of obtaining supplementary benefit or any other payment under this Act for himself or another person or for any other purp[ose connected with this Act,—

a

makes any statement or representation which he knows to be false; or

b

produces or furnishes, or causes or knowingly allows to be produced or furnished, any document or information which he knows to be false in a material particular,

he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £400 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both.