Section 152 – “Omission to give Notice or Information to Public Servant by Person
Legally Bound to give it”: Whoever, being legally bound to give any
notice or to furnish information on any subject to any public servant as
such, intentionally omits to give such notice or to furnish such information
in the manner and at the time required by law, commits an offence and
shall on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term not
exceeding one month or with fine not exceeding LS10 or with both; or
If the notice or information required to be given respects the commission
of an offence or is required for the purpose of preventing the commission
of an offence or in order to the arrest of an offender, with imprisonment
for a term not exceeding six months or with fine not exceeding LS60 or
with both.
Note - For instances in which a person is legally bound to give
information, see sections 109, 110 and 110A of the Criminal Procedure
Act, 2003.
Section 153 – “Furnishing False Information”: Whoever, being legally bound to
furnish information on any subject to any public servant as such, furnishes
as true information on the subject which he knows or has reason to believe
to be false, commits an offence and shall on conviction, be punished with
imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or with fine not
exceeding LS60 or with both; or
If the information which he is legally bound to give respects the
commission of an offence or is required for the purpose of preventing the
commission of an offence or the arrest of an offender, with imprisonment
for a term not exceeding two years or with fine or with both.
Section 154 – “False Information with Intent to Mislead Public Servant”: Whoever
gives to any public servant any information which he knows or believes to
be false, intending thereby to cause or knowing it to be likely that he will
thereby cause such public servant:(a) to do or to omit anything which such public servant ought to do
or omit if the true state of facts respecting which such
information is given were known by him, or
(b) to use the lawful power of such public servant to the injury or
annoyance of any person,
Commits an offence and shall on conviction be punished with
imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or with fine
not exceeding LS60 or with both.
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