INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
176. Omission to give notice or information to public servant by person
211. Omission to give notice or information to public servant by person legally bound to give
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INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
Omission to give notice or information to public servant by person
legally bound to give it.
176. Omission to give notice or information to public servant by
person legally bound to give it.--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 simple imprisonment for a term which may
extend to one month, or with fine which may extend to five hundred
rupees, 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 simple imprisonment for a term which
may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to one
thousand rupees, or with both;
2*[or, if the notice or information required to be given is
required by an order passed under sub-section (1) of section 565 of
the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (5 of 1898), with imprisonment of
either description for a term which may extend to six months, or with
fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both.]
Repealed / historical reference India Code — IPC 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
211. Omission to give notice or information to public servant by person legally bound to give
it.—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,—
(a) shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to one month, or
with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees, or with both;
(b) where 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 simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months,
or with fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees, or with both;
(c) where the notice or information required to be given is required by an order passed
under section 394 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 with imprisonment of either
description for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to one
thousand rupees, or with both.
Current law India Code — BNS 2023