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Section 175 — Omission to produce document or electronic record to public servant by person legally bound to produce such document or electronic record

Consolidated view is experimental and may be broken for certain provisions.

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Section 175 — Original text to 1 October 2017superseded
175.Omission to produce a document or an electronic record to a public servant by a person legally bound to produce such document or electronic record

Whoever, being legally bound to produce or deliver up any document or electronic record to any public servant, as such, intentionally omits so to produce or deliver up the same, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one month, or with fine which may extend to $500 ,$1,500, or with both; or, if the document or electronic record is to be produced or delivered up to a court of justice, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 6 months, or with fine which may extend to $1,000$3,000, or with both.

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A, being legally bound to produce a document or an electronic record before a Magistrate’s Court, intentionally omits to produce the same. A has committed the offence defined in this section.

[Indian PC 1860, s. 175]

Section 175 — 1 October 2017 to 1 January 2020rewritten by Administration of Justice (Protection) Act 2016
175.Omission to produce a document or an electronic record to a public servant by a person legally bound to produce such document or electronic record

Whoever, being legally bound to produce or deliver up any document or electronic record to any public servant, as such, intentionally omits so to produce or deliver up the same, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one month, or with fine which may extend to $1,500, or with both.

Section 175 — From 1 January 2020 (current)restructured by Criminal Law Reform Act 2019
175.Omission to produce document or electronic record to public servant by person legally bound to produce such document or electronic record

A person who, being legally bound to produce or deliver up any document or electronic record to any public servant, as such, intentionally omits so to produce or deliver up the same, shall —

(a)in the case of an individual, be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one month, or with fine which may extend to $1,500, or with both; or

(b)in any other case, be punished with fine which may extend to $10,000.