Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
(BNS)
Chapter 13: OF CONTEMPTS OF THE LAWFUL AUTHORITY OF PUBLIC SERVANTS
Section: 215
Refusing to sign statement. (Change)
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.