BNS 165 — Deserter concealed on board merchant vessel through negligence of master.

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

Statutory text

165. The master or person in charge of a merchant vessel, on board
of which any deserter from the Army, Navy or Air Force of the Government
of India is concealed, shall, though ignorant of such concealment, be liable
to a penalty not exceeding three thousand rupees, if he might have known
of such  concealment  but  for  some  neglect  of his  duty as  such  master  or
person in charge, or but for some want of discipline on board of the vessel.
Abetment of act of insubordination by soldier, sailor or airman.

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