This section covers refusing oath or affirmation when duly required by public servant to make it in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003).
Refusing oath or affirmation when duly required by public servant to make it. Whoever refuses to bind himself by an oath 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 five thousand rupees, or with both.
Read also: Section 106 in THE BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023 – BNS
What was the old IPC code for Section 213 of BNS 2023?
In the Indian Penal Code, refusing oath or affirmation when duly required by public servant to make it was covered in S. 178*.