Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08
XIV. If any person who shall have been duly summoned to attend as a witness
shall, without sufficient excuse, neglect or refuse to
attend, or attending shall refuse to give evidence or to answer
any question which may be lawfully put to him, such
person shall forfeit and pay such fine, not exceeding five hundred Rupees,
as the Judge of the said Court shall order; and such fine, if not paid, shall
be levied by distress and sale of the goods and chattels of the person ordered
to pay the same in the manner prescribed in Section IX of this Act.
Source: India Code