law: Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 1976
  Chapter VIII:
  
  Offences and Penalties
  33. Making of false
  
  statement, declaration or delivering false accounts. -
  Any person, subject
  
  to this Act, who knowingly, --
  a.  
  
    gives
  
  false intimation under sub-section (c) of section 9 or section 18; or
  b.  
  
    seeks
  
  prior permission or registration by means of fraud, false representation or
  
  concealment of material fact,
  shall, on conviction by a court, be liable to
  
  imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with fine or with
  
  both.