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CHAPTER VII OF OFFENCES RELATINGTO THE ARMY, NAVY AND AIR FORCE

Section 137: Deserter concealed on board merchant vessel through negligence of master

The Indian Penal Code, 1860 (repealed)

Repealed by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.

The master or person in charge of a merchant vessel, on board of which any deserter from the Army, 1[Navy or Air Force] of the 2[Government of India] is concealed, shall, though ignorant of such concealment, be liable to a penalty not exceeding five hundred 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.

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Subs. by s. 2 and the First Sch., ibid., for “or Navy”.
  2. 2.Subs. by the A. O. 1950, for “Queen”.

Now in the BNS

As given in the correspondence table of the National Crime Records Bureau (Ministry of Home Affairs). Read both texts before relying on it. NCRB table

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

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