False statements

A person who makes a statement which he knows to be false in any material particular commits an offence under this Act and, on conviction on indictment, is liable to– (a) a fine of not less than twenty-five thousand dollars and not exceeding fifty thousand dollars or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding three years in the first instance; (b) a fine of not less than fifty thousand dollars and not exceeding one hundred thousand Interception of Communications[CAP. 229:01 51 dollars or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding five years in the second instance; and (c) a fine of one hundred thousand dollars and a term of imprisonment not exceeding five years in the subsequent instances.