Section 178
Refusing oath when duly required to take oath by a public servant
of Penal Code
ActIn forceProvision 165 of 490
Section 178
Whoever refuses to bind himself by an oath to state the truth, when required so to bind himself by a public servant legally competent to require that he shall so bind himself, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with fine which may extend to two thousand ringgit or with both.
Act 574