Whoever, being legally bound to give any notice or to furnish information on any subject to any public servant, as such, intentionally omits to give such notice or to furnish such information in the manner and at the time required by law, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one month, or with fine which may extend to $5002008$1,5002008, or with both; or, if the notice or information required to be given respects the commission of an offence, or is required for the purpose of preventing the commission of an offence or in order to the apprehension of an offender, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 6 months, or with fine which may extend to $1,000 2008$3,0002008, or with both.
Section history
Section 176 — Omission to give notice or information to public servant by person legally bound to give such notice or information
Consolidated view is experimental and may be broken for certain provisions.
Amendments
Section 176 — Original text to 30 November 2008superseded
Section 176 — 30 November 2008 to 1 January 2020rewritten by the Revised Edition
Whoever, being legally bound to give any notice or to furnish information on any subject to any public servant, as such, intentionally omits to give such notice or to furnish such information in the manner and at the time required by law, 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; or, if the notice or information required to be given respects the commission of an offence, or is required for the purpose of preventing the commission of an offence or in order to the apprehension of an offender, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 6 months, or with fine which may extend to $3,000, or with both.
[Indian PC 1860, s. 176]
Section 176 — From 1 January 2020 (current)restructured by Criminal Law Reform Act 2019
(1)A person who, being legally bound to give any notice or to furnish information on any subject to any public servant, as such, intentionally omits to give such notice or to furnish such information in the manner and at the time required by law, 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.
(2)If the notice or information required to be given respects the commission of an offence, or is required for the purpose of preventing the commission of an offence or in order to the apprehension of an offender, any person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (1) shall —
(a)in the case of an individual, be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 6 months, or with fine which may extend to $5,000, or with both; or
(b)in any other case, be punished with fine which may extend to $10,000.