Section 215 Earlier IPC 180
Refusing to sign statement
Chapter 13: Contempts of the lawful authority of public servants
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.
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 45 of 2023). As printed in the Gazette on 25 December 2023. Later amendments, if any, are not included.
Related sections
- 212Furnishing false informationIPC 177
- 213Refusing oath or affirmation when duly required by public servant to make itIPC 178
- 214Refusing to answer public servant authorised to questionIPC 179
- 216False statement on oath or affirmation to public servant or person authorised to administer an oath or affirmationIPC 181
- 217False information, with intent to cause public servant to use his lawful power to injury of another personIPC 182
- 218Resistance to taking of property by lawful authority of a public servantIPC 183