Acquisition of Bangladesh citizenship by citizens of Commonwealth countries 20. The Government may upon such terms and conditions as it may by general or special order specify register a Commonwealth citizen or a British protected person as a citizen of Bangladesh. Penalties 21. Any person who in order to obtain or prevent the doing of anything under the Act makes any statement or furnishes any information which is false in any material particular and which he knows or has reasonable cause to believe to be false, or does not believe to be true, shall be deemed to have committed an offence punishable under section 177 of the 7[ * * *] Penal Code. Interpretation 22. (l) For the purposes of this Act a person born aboard a registered ship or aircraft, or aboard an unregistered ship or aircraft of the Government of any country shall be deemed to have been born in the place in which the ship or aircraft was registered or as the case may be in that country. (2) Any reference in this Act to the status or description of the father of a person at the time of that person's birth shall, in relation to a person born after the death of his father be construed as a reference to the status or description of the father at the time of the father's death; and where that death occurred before, and the birth occurs after the commencement of this Act, the status or description which would have been applicable to the father had he died after the commencement of this Act shall be deemed to be the status or description applicable to him at the time of his death. Rules 23. (1) The Government may frame rules for carrying into effect the provisions of this Act. (2) No rule framed under this published in the official Gazette. Act shall have effect unless 1 Throughout this Act, the word �Bangladesh� was substituted for the word �Pakistan� by Article 5 of the Bangladesh (Adaptation of Existing Laws) Order, 1972 (President's Order No. 48 of 1972) 2 Throughout this Act, the word �Government� was substituted for the words �Central Government� by Article 8 of the Bangladesh (Adaptation of Existing Laws) Order, 1972 (President's Order No. 48 of 1972) 3 The word �Pakistan� was omitted by Article 6 of the Bangladesh (Adaptation of Existing Laws) Order, 1972 (President's Order No. 48 of 1972) 4 The words �father or mother� were substituted for the word �father� by section 2 of The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act. No. XVII of 2009) (with effect from 31st December, 2008).