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Penalty on Falsification of Books.
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LXXIX. If any Director, Officer, or Contributory of any Company for the winding-up of which an Order or Decree has been made under this Act destroys, mutilates, alters, or falsifies any Books, Papers, Writings, or Securities, or makes or is privy to the making of any false or fraudulent Entry in any Register, Book of Account, or other Document belonging to the Company, with Intent to defraud the Creditors or Contributories of such Company or any of them, every Person so offending shall be deemed to be guilty of a Misdemeanor, and upon being convicted shall be liable to Imprisonment for any Term not exceeding Two Years, with or without Hard Labour.
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