Criminal Procedure Code · s 332

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s 332Refusal to give evidence

If any witness before a Court of a Magistrate -

(a)

refuses to answer such questions as are put to him or to produce any document in his possession or power which the Court requires him to produce; and

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(b)

does not offer any reasonable excuse for such refusal, the Court may for reasons to be recorded in writing, sentence him to imprisonment for 14 days, unless in the meantime such person consents to be examined and to answer or to produce the document. In the event of his persisting in this refusal, he may be dealt with according to the provisions of section 328 or 330, notwithstanding any sentence he may have undergone under this section.