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IPC Section 137 - Deserter concealed on board merchant vessel through negligence of master
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IPC Section 137 deals with deserter concealed on board merchant vessel through negligence of master.
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137. Deserter concealed on board merchant vessel through negligence of master. The master or
person in charge of a merchant vessel, on board of whic h any deserter from the Army, 9[Navy or Air
Force] of the 10[Government of India] is concealed, shall, though ignorant of such concealment, be liable
to a penalty not exceeding five hundred 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 dis cipline on board of the
vessel.
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