Penalty for issuing false Caste Certificate

Penalty for issuing false Caste Certificate.—

1. (1) Any person or authority performing the functions of Competent Authority under this Act, who intentionally and knowingly issues a false Caste Certificate, shall, on conviction, be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months but which may extend upto two years or with fine which shall not be less than two thousand rupees, but which may extend upto twenty thousand rupees or both.
2. (2) No court shall take cognizance of an offence punishable under this section except with the previous sanction of the Government.