Refusal to answer a public servant: criminal sanction where a legally bound person refuses questions lawfully posed. Section 214 criminalises refusal to answer questions lawfully demanded by a public servant: where a person, being legally bound to state the truth on a subject, refuses to answer any question touching that subject when asked by a public servant acting under legal powers, the person is punishable with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine, or with both.
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Refusal to answer a public servant: criminal sanction where a legally bound person refuses questions lawfully posed.
Section 214 criminalises refusal to answer questions lawfully demanded by a public servant: where a person, being legally bound to state the truth on a subject, refuses to answer any question touching that subject when asked by a public servant acting under legal powers, the person is punishable with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine, or with both.
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