CAP. 63 Penal Code [Rev. 2012] not to inform or give evidence against any associate, confederate or other person; (vii) not to reveal or discover any unlawful association, society or confederacy, or any illegal act done or to be done, or any illegal oath or engagement that may have been administered or tendered to or taken by himself or any other person, or the import of any such oath or engagement; or (b) takes any such oath or engagement, not being compelled to do so, (vi) is guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for ten years. [Act No. 53 of 1952, Sch.] 62. Compelling another person to take an oath (1) Any person who by the use of physical force, or by threat or intimidation of any kind, compels another person to take an oath or engagement in the nature of an oath purporting to bind the person who takes it to act or not to act in any way is guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for ten years. (2) Any person who is present at and consents to the administering, by physical force or under threat or intimidation of any kind, of any oath or engagement in the nature of an oath, to any person purporting to bind the person who takes it to act or not to act in any way is guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for seven years. [Act No. 50 of 1950, s. 2, Act No. 53 of 1952, Sch.] 63. Compulsion, how far a defence It shall not be a defence for a person who takes any oath or engagement in the nature of an oath mentioned in section 59 or section 61 to prove that he was compelled to do so unless, within five days after the taking of the oath or engagement in the nature of an oath or, if he is prevented by physical force or sickness, within five days after the termination of the physical force or sickness, he reported to the police, or if he is in the actual service of the disciplined forces or the police force either he so reported as aforesaid or he reported to his commanding officer, everything he knows concerning the matter, including the person or persons by whom and in whose presence, and the place where, and the time when, the oath or engagement was administered or taken. [Act No. 50 of 1950, s. 3, Act No. 52 of 1955, s. 6, Act No. 24 of 1967, Sch.] 64. Presence at oath administration Any person who is present at the administering of an oath or engagement in the nature of an oath mentioned in section 59, section 61 or section 62 shall be deemed to have consented to the administering of the oath or engagement unless, within five days thereafter or, if he is prevented by physical force or sickness, within five days after the termination of the physical force or sickness, he reports to the police, or, if he is in the actual service of the disciplined forces or the police force he so reports as aforesaid, or he reports to his commanding officer, everything he knows concerning the matter, including the person or persons by whom and in whose presence, and the place where, and the time when, the oath or engagement in the nature of an oath was administered. [Act No. 50 of 1950, s. 3, Act No. 24 of 1967, Sch.] [Issue 1] P6-36

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