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Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

Section 215: Refusing to sign statement

Chapter XIII — Of Contempts of the Lawful Authority of Public Servants

215. 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.

Source: official text of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Ministry of Home Affairs).