Section 215 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 addresses “Refusing to sign statement”. Read the provision below with its qualifications, exceptions and chapter context; the official source is linked alongside it.
215. Refusing to sign statement.—Whoever refuses to sign any statement made by him, when required to sign that statement by a public servant legally competent to require that he shall sign that statement, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to three thousand rupees, or with both. ¶
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