VidhiSangh

Indian Penal Code, 1860

Section 271: Disobedience to quarantine rule

Repealed. Repealed from 1 July 2024. Use it for offences committed before repeal and other liabilities, investigations or proceedings preserved by BNS section 358; do not use it as the current general penal code.

Chapter XIV — Of Offences Affecting the Public Health, Safety, Convenience, Decency

271. Whoever knowingly disobeys any rul e made and promulgated [by the 3* Government 4*] 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, 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.

Source: official text of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.