| Penalty for making false statement or omission to furnish material information 44.          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 rupees one crore, as may be determined by the Commission. |