BNS273
BNS Section 273: Disobedience to quarantine rule
Punishment 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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Arrest, bail & court
- Non-cognizable · Bailable · Any Magistrate
From the BNSS, 2023, First Schedule (machine-extracted; check the Schedule for anything consequential).
Verbatim · BNS273. Disobedience to quarantine rule.— 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.
Cite as: Section 273, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 45 of 2023)