Section 273 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 addresses “Disobedience to quarantine rule”. Read the provision below with its qualifications, exceptions and chapter context; the official source is linked alongside it.
273. Disobedience to quarantine rule.—Whoever knowingly disobeys any rule made by the Government for putting any mode of transport into a state of quarantine, or for regulating the intercourse of any such transport in a state of quarantine 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. ¶
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