Section 30:
Abetment of false return, etc.
If a person abets or induces in any manner another person to
make and deliver an account or a statement or declaration relating to any chargeable receipts which is
false and which he either knows to be false or does not believe to be true or to commit an offence under
sub-section (1) of section 26, he shall be punishable,--
(i) in a case where the amount of tax, penalty or interest which would have been evaded, if the
declaration, account or statement had been accepted as true, or which is wilfully attempted to be
evaded, exceeds one hundred thousand rupees, with rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not
be less than six months but which may extend to seven years and with fine;
(ii) in any other case, with rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than three
months but which may extend to three years and with fine.