BNS165
BNS Section 165: Deserter concealed on board merchant vessel through negligence of master
Arrest, bail & court
- Non-cognizable · Bailable · Any Magistrate
From the BNSS, 2023, First Schedule (machine-extracted; check the Schedule for anything consequential).
Verbatim · BNS165. Deserter concealed on board merchant vessel through negligence of master.— The master or person in charge of a merchant vessel, on board of which any deserter from the Army, Navy or Air Force of the Government of India is concealed, shall, though ignorant of such concealment, be liable to a penalty not exceeding three thousand rupees, if he might have known of such concealment but for some neglect of his duty as such master or person in charge, or but for some want of discipline on board of the vessel.
Cite as: Section 165, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 45 of 2023)