## IPC 178

### IPC 178 — Refusing oath or affirmation when duly required by public servant to make it
- https://unisonlegal.in/statutes/ipc/178

> 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.