Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023
Section 273 :
Disobedience to quarantine rule :
(See section 271 of IPC 1860)
Section : 273
Classification of Offence:
Offence : Knowingly disobeying any quarantine rule.
Punishment : Imprisonment for 6 months, or fine, or both.
Cognizable or Non-cognizable : Non-cognizable
Bailable or Non-bailable : Bailable
Compoundable or Non-compoundable : Non-compoundable
By Which Court Triable : Any Magistrate.
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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.
Indian Penal Code 1860 (IPC 1860)
Section 271 :
Disobedience to quarantine rule:
(See section 273 of BNS 2023)
Classification of Offence:
Offence: Knowingly disobeying any quarantine rule.
Punishment :Imprisonment for 6 months, or fine, or both.
Cognizable or Non-cognizable :Non-cognizable
Bailable or Non-bailable :Bailable
Compoundable or Non-compoundable : Non-compoundable
By Which Court Triable :Any Magistrate.
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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.]
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1. Subs. by the A. O. 1937, for “by the G. of I., or by any Government”.
2. The words “Central or any Provincial” omitted by the A. O. 1950.
3. The words “or the Crown Representative” omitted by the A. O. 1948.