BNS 211 — Omission to give notice or information to public servant by person legally bound to give it.

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

Statutory text

211. 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.
Furnishing false information.

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