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CHAPTER VI PENALTIES

Section 44: Penalty for making false statement or omission to furnish material information

The Competition Act, 2002

If any person, being a party to a combination,—

(a) makes a statement which is false in any material particular, or knowing it to be false; or

(b) omits to state any material particular knowing it to be material,

such person shall be liable to a penalty which shall not be less than rupees fifty lakhs but which may extend to 1[rupees five crore], as may be determined by the Commission.

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Subs. by s. 31, ibid., for “rupees one crore” (w.e.f. 18-5-2023).

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