BNS284
BNS Section 284: Conveying person by water for hire in unsafe or overloaded vessel
Punishment punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees, or with both
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Arrest, bail & court
- Cognizable · Bailable · Any Magistrate
From the BNSS, 2023, First Schedule (machine-extracted; check the Schedule for anything consequential).
Verbatim · BNS284. Conveying person by water for hire in unsafe or overloaded vessel.— Whoever knowingly or negligently conveys, or causes to be conveyed for hire, any person by water in any vessel, when that vessel is in such a state or so loaded as to endanger the life of that person, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees, or with both.
Cite as: Section 284, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 45 of 2023)