BNS Section 283 — Exhibition of false light, mark or buoy
Section 283 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 addresses “Exhibition of false light, mark or buoy”. Read the provision below with its qualifications, exceptions and chapter context; the official source is linked alongside it.
283. Exhibition of false light, mark or buoy.—Whoever exhibits any false light, mark or buoy, intending or knowing it to be likely that such exhibition will mislead any navigator, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and with fine which shall not be less than ten thousand rupees. ¶
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