BNS Section 165 — Deserter concealed on board merchant vessel through negligence of master
Section 165 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 addresses “Deserter concealed on board merchant vessel through negligence of master”. Read the provision below with its qualifications, exceptions and chapter context; the official source is linked alongside it.
165. Deserter concealed on board merchant vessel through negligence of master.—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. ¶
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