Section 141 - Refusing oath or affirmation when duly required by public officer to make it.

(1) Whoever refuses to bind ,himself by an oath or affirmation to state the truth when required so to bind himself by a public officer 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 forty naira or with both,

(2) The provisions of this section shall not apply to a witness in a judicial proceeding who, having been called upon to take an oath or make a solemn affirmation that he will speak the truth under subsection (1) of section 229 of the Criminal Procedure Code, refuses to take the oath or make the affirmation under the provisions of section 230 of the Criminal Procedure Code.