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22nd. OCTOBER, 2013 is guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or both or, if the document is to be produced or delivered up to a Court, to a fine not exceeding $4,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or both.

Refusal to make oath or declaration by public servant when duly required.

246. Any person who refuses to bind himself by an oath or declaration to state the truth, when so required by a public servant legally competent to require him to do so is guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $4,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or both.

Refusal to answer public servant authorised to question.

247. Any person who, being legally bound to state the truth on any matter to any public servant, refuses to answer any question touching that matter demanded of him by such public servant in the exercise of his legal powers is guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $4,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or both.

Refusal to sign statement.

248. Any person who refuses to sign any statement made by him, when required to sign that statement by a public servant legally competent to require him to do so is guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or both.

Voluntarily causing hurt to extort confession or to compel restoration of property.

249. Any person who voluntarily causes hurt for the purpose of extorting from the victim or from any person interested in the victim, any confession or information which may lead to the detection of an offence or misconduct, or for the purpose of constraining the victim or any person interested in the victim to restore, or to cause the restoration of, any property or valuable security, or to satisfy any claim or demand, or to give information which may lead to the restoration of any property or valuable security, is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $28,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years or both. Illustration
 * (a) A, a religious enforcement officer, tortures B in order to induce B to confess that he committed a crime. A is guilty of an offence under this section.
 * (b) C, a religious enforcement officer, tortures D to induce him to point out where certain stolen property is deposited. C is guilty of an offence under this section. 1765