Category of Bare Act	Name of the Act	Year of Promulgation
Criminal Laws	Indian Penal Code	1860
Act Number	Enactment Date	Chapter Number
45	06.10.1860	10
Chapter Title	Sub-Chapter	Legislated by
Of Contempts Of The lawful Authority Of Public Servants	-	Parliament of India

Whoever in any manner intentionally prevents the serving on himself, or on any other person, of any summons, notice or order proceeding from any public servant legally competent, as such public servant, to issue such summons, notice or order,

or intentionally prevents the lawful affixing to any place of any such summons, notice or order,

or intentionally removes any such summons, notice or order from any place to which it is lawfully affixed,

or intentionally prevents the lawful making of any proclamation, under the authority of any public servant legally competent, as such public servant, to direct such proclamation to be made,

shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to one month, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both;

or, if the summons, notice, order or proclamation is to attend in person or by agent, or ¹[to produce a document or electronic record in a Court of Justice] with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both.

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1. Subs. by Act 21 of 2000, s. 91 and the First Sch., for “to produce a document in a Court of Justice” (w.e.f. 17-10-2000).

Offence Description	Punishment provided	Cognizable/Non-Cognizable
Preventing the service or the affixing of any summons of notice, or the removal of it when it has been affixed, or preventing a proclamation. If summons etc., require attendance in person, etc., in a Court of Justice.	Simple imprisonment for 1 month, or fine of 500 rupees, or both. Simple imprisonment for 6 month, or fine of 1000 rupees, or both.	Non-cognisable Non-cognisable
Bailable/Non-Bailable	Trial Court Details	Compoundable/Non-Compoundable
Bailable Bailable	Any Magistrate Any Magistrate	Non-Compoundable
Compoundable by Whom	Concerned Ministry	Concerned Department
Non-Compoundable	Ministry of Home Affairs	Department of Internal Security

IPC Section 173. Preventing service of summons or other proceeding, or preventing publication thereof