Civil Appeal No.188 of 2019 9 . it would also entail such penalty as is of filing a false affidavit before this Court. Admittedly, Respondent No.1 filed such affidavit which was not true and was patently deficient insofar as it failed to accurately disclose all assets of Respondent No.1. 8. Section 137(4) of the Act provides that where a Member submits a statement of assets and liabilities which is found to be false in material particulars, he may, within 120 days from the date of submission of the statement be proceeded against for committing the offence of corrupt practice. While it is correct that the Returning Officer has been given the power to allow correction of mistakes, errors and omissions in the nomination papers within a specified time but in the instant case no attempt was made to correct such omission at any stage. 9. Section 156 of the Act provides the grounds for declaring election of a Returned Candidate as void. Grounds “a” and “c” stipulate that: 10. “(a) the nomination of the returned candidate was invalid or (c) the election of the returned candidate has been procured or induced by any corrupt or illegal practice”. In terms of Section 137(4) of the Act reproduced above, submission of a statement of assets and liabilities, which is found to be false in material particulars constitutes corrupt practice. More importantly, the declarations given by Respondent No.1 under solemn affirmation as part of his