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CHAPTER XIV OF OFFENCES A FFECTING THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, CONVENIENCE, DECENCY AND MORALS

Section 271: Disobedience to quarantine rule

The Indian Penal Code, 1860 (repealed)

Repealed by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.

Whoever knowingly disobeys any rule made and promulgated 1[by the 2*** Government 3***] for putting any vessel into a state of quarantine, or for regulating the intercourse of vessels in a state of quarantine with the shore or with other vessels, or for regulating the intercourse between places where an infectious disease prevails and other places, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine, or with both.

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Subs. by the A. O. 1937, for “by the G. of I., or by any Govt.”.
  2. 2.The words “Central or any Provincial” omitted by the A. O. 1950.
  3. 3.The words “or the Crown Representative” omitted by the A. O. 1948.

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

271. Disobedience to quarantine rule.BNS 273

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