Section 87. Imprisonment or committal of person refusing to answer or produce document

CHAPTER XII CONTEMPT OF COURT 83. [ Procedure of Court in certain cases of contempt .] Rep. by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1914 (10 of 1914), s . 3 and II Schedule . 84. [ Record in such cases .] Rep. by s. 3 and II Schedule , ibid. 85. [ Procedure where Court considers that case should not be dealt with under section 83 .] Rep. by s. 3 and II Schedule , ibid. 86. [ Discharge of offender on submission or apology .] Rep. by s . 3 and II Schedule , ibid. 87. Imprisonment or committal of person refusing to answer or produce document. —If any witness before the Small Cause Court refuses to answer such questions as are put to him, or to produce any document in his possession or power which the Court requires him to produce, and does not offer any reasonable excuse for such refusal, the Court may sentence him to simple imprisonment, or commit him to the custody of an officer of the Court, for any term not exceeding seven days, unless in the meantime such person consents to answer such questions or to produce such document, as the case may be, after which, in the event of his persisting in his refusal, he may be dealt with according to the provisions of section[1] [480 or section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898[2] (5 of 1898)]. 1. Subs. by Act 10 of 1914, s. 2 and I Schedule. 2. Now see Act 2 of 1974.