Section 179
Refusing to answer a public servant authorized to question
of Penal Code
ActIn forceProvision 166 of 490
Section 179
Whoever, being legally bound to state the truth on any subject to any public servant, refuses to answer any question demanded of him touching that subject by such public servant, in the exercise of the legal powers of such public servant, 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.