Please Check the code for password and confirm password validation

<form method="post" action="">
                    <div class="selling-registraion bg-white">
                                                 <div class="srtitle">Forgot Password</div>
                            <div class="row mb-20">
                                <div class="col-lg-12">
                                    
                                    <div class="md-input">
                                        <input class="md-form-control" required="" type="password" id="user_password" name="user_password">
                                        <span class="highlight"></span>
                                        <span class="bar"></span>
                                        <label>New Password</label>
                                    </div>
                                     <div class="md-input">
                                        <input class="md-form-control" required="" type="password" id="user_conf_password" name="user_conf_password">
                                        <span class="highlight"></span>
                                        <span class="bar"></span>
                                        <label>Confirm Password</label>
                                    </div>
                                </div>
                            </div>
                            <div class="row text-center">
                                <div class="col-lg-12">
                                    <button type="submit" onclick="return checkpass($(this))"  class="btn btn-primary lr-button mb-20">Reset</button>
                                 </div>
                            </div>
                                    
                        </div>
</form>

<script>
    function checkpass(s)
    {
        var user_password =$('#user_password').val();
        if(user_password=='')
        {
            $('#error_message').html('Please Enter New Password');
            $('#error_message').show();
          return false;  
        }
         var user_conf_password =$('#user_conf_password').val();
        if(user_conf_password=='')
        {
            $('#error_message').html('Please Confirm Password');
            $('#error_message').show();
          return false;  
        }
        if(user_password!=user_conf_password)
        {
             $('#error_message').html('New Password and Confirm Password does not match');
            $('#error_message').show();
          return false;  
        }
        
    }
</script>