Section 223 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the substitution for all the words from “gives any information respecting the offence” to the end of that section, of the words “gives any information or makes any statement respecting the offence which he knows or believes to be false, shall where that offence is not an offence within the meaning of sections 38 (3) and 198 of the Penal Code, be guilty of an offence under this Act, and shall, on conviction be liable to a fine not less than ten thousand rupees and not exceeding twenty thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and imprisonment.”.