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, 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, 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 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 apprehension of an offender, 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;

¹[or, if the notice or information required to be given is required by an order passed under sub-section (1) of section 565 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (5 of 1898), with imprisonment of either description 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. Added by Act 22 of 1939, s. 2.

Offence Description	Punishment provided	Cognizable/Non-Cognizable
Intentionally omitting to give service or information to a public servant by a person legally bound to give such notice or information. If the notice or information required respects the commission of an offence, etc. If the notice or information is required by an order passed under sub-section (1) of section 356 of this Code.	Simple imprisonment for 1 month, or fine of 500 rupees, or both. Simple imprisonment for 6 months, or fine of 1000 rupees, or both. Imprisonment for 6 months, or fine of 1000 rupees, or both.	Non-cognisable Ditto Ditto
Bailable/Non-Bailable	Trial Court Details	Compoundable/Non-Compoundable
Bailable Ditto Ditto	Any Magistrate. Ditto Ditto	Non-Compoundable
Compoundable by Whom	Concerned Ministry	Concerned Department
Non-Compoundable	Ministry of Home Affairs	Department of Internal Security

IPC Section 176. Omission to give notice or information to public servant by person legally bound to give it