Punishment for drawing salary for the period of unauthorised absence from duty

Whoever, being an officer intentionally draws, himself or by suppression of facts or otherwise, misrepresenting the facts relating to his absence permits or induces the drawing and disbursing officer to draw and disburse the salary to him for the period of his deliberate unauthorised absence from duty unless the same is regularised by grant of permission or sanction of leave with pay and thereby cheats the Government shall be punished with imprisonment of either description which may extend to one year or with fine or both.