Whoever refuses to bind himself by an oath to state the truth, when required so to bind himself by a public servant legally competent to require that he shall so bind himself, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 6 months, or with fine which may extend to $1,0002008$3,0002008, or with both.
Section history
Section 178 — Refusing oath when duly required to take oath by a public servant
Consolidated view is experimental and may be broken for certain provisions.
Amendments
Section 178 — Original text to 1 January 2020superseded
Section 178 — From 1 January 2020 (current)rewritten (not yet redlined) — Criminal Law Reform Act 2019
Whoever refuses to bind himself by an oath to state the truth, when required so to bind himself by a public servant legally competent to require that he shall so bind himself, shall 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.
[Indian PC 1860, s. 178]