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IPC Section 178 - Refusing oath or affirmation when duly required by public servant to make it
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Simple language explanation
IPC Section 178 deals with refusing oath or affirmation when duly required by public servant to make it.
Full official legal text
178. Refusing oath or affirmation when duly required by public servant to make it. Whoever
refuses to bind himself by an oath 5[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 one thousand
rupees, or with both.
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