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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,–– (a) shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees, or with both; (b) where 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 in order to the apprehension of an offender, with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both. Illustrations. (a)A, a landholder, knowing of the commission of a murder within the limits of his estate, wilfully misinforms the Magistrate of the district that the death has occurred by accident in consequence of the bite of a snake. Ais guilty of the offence defined in this section. (b) A, a village watchman, knowing that a considerable body of strangers has passed through his village in order to commit a dacoity in the house of Z, a wealthy merchant residing in a neighbouring place, and being legally bound to give early and punctual information of the above fact to the officer of the nearest police station, wilfully misinforms the police officer that a body of suspicious characters passed through the village with a view to commit dacoity in a certain distant place in a different direction. Here A is guilty of the offence defined in this section. Omission to produce document or electronic record to public servant by person legally bound to produce it. Omission to give notice or information to public servant by person legally bound to give it. Furnishing false information. 60 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [Part II— ____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ 60 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [Part II- ꯗꯣꯀꯨꯃꯦꯟ꯭ꯇꯅꯠꯇ꯭ꯔꯒ ꯏꯂꯦꯛꯇ꯭ꯔꯣꯅꯤꯛ ꯔꯦꯀꯣꯔ ꯭ ꯗꯑꯁꯤ ꯄꯕ꯭ꯂꯤꯛꯁꯔꯕꯦꯟ꯭ꯇꯇ ꯑꯥꯏꯟꯒꯤꯃꯇꯨꯡꯏꯟꯅ ꯄꯨꯊꯣꯛꯅꯕꯃꯊꯧꯇꯥꯕ ꯃꯤꯑꯣꯏꯑꯃꯅ ꯄꯨꯊꯣꯛꯅꯕꯌꯥꯗꯕ꯫ ꯑꯥꯏꯟꯒꯤꯃꯇꯨꯡꯏꯟꯅ ꯄꯤꯕꯌꯥꯕꯃꯤꯑꯣꯏ ꯑꯃꯅꯃꯤꯌꯥꯝꯒꯤꯊꯕꯛ ꯇꯧꯕꯁꯤꯡꯗꯄꯥꯎ ꯅꯠꯇ꯭ꯔꯒꯏ-ꯄꯥꯎ ꯄꯤꯕꯌꯥꯗꯕ꯫ ꯑꯔꯥꯟꯕꯏ-ꯄꯥꯎꯄꯤꯕ ꯫