IS Act 389Chapter X · Succession Certificates
Section 389 · Surrender of superseded and invalid certificates
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(1) When a certificate under this Part has
been superseded or is invalid from any of the causes mentioned in section 386, the holder thereof shall, on
the requisition of the Court which granted it, deliver it upto that court.
(2) If he willfully and without reasonable cause omits so to deliver it up, he shall be punishable with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months or with both.
(2) If he willfully and without reasonable cause omits so to deliver it up, he shall be punishable with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months or with both.
The offence at a glance
- Maximum punishment
- 3 months
- Fine
- ₹1,000
- Cognizable
- Non-cognizable
- Bailable
- Bailable
- Compoundable
- Not compoundable
- Triable by
- Any Magistrate
- Non-cognizable — Police cannot investigate without a Magistrate's order
- Bailable — Bail is your right — it can be granted at the police station
Derived from the First Schedule Part II rule — not listed section by section
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