Section 282 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 addresses “Rash navigation of vessel”. Read the provision below with its qualifications, exceptions and chapter context; the official source is linked alongside it.
282. Rash navigation of vessel.—Whoever navigates any vessel in a manner so rash or negligent as to endanger human life, or to be likely to cause hurt or injury to any other person, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees, or with both. ¶
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