BNS Section 213 — Refusing oath or affirmation when duly required by public servant to make it
Section 213 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 addresses “Refusing oath or affirmation when duly required by public servant to make it”. Read the provision below with its qualifications, exceptions and chapter context; the official source is linked alongside it.
213. Refusing oath or affirmation when duly required by public servant to make it.—Whoever refuses to bind himself by an oath or affirmation 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 simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees, or with both. ¶
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