Of Offencesaffectingthe Public Health, Safety, Convenience, Decencyand Morals
IPC Section 271 - Di sobedience to quarantine rule
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IPC Section 271 deals with di sobedience to quarantine rule.
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271. Di sobedience to quarantine rule. Whoever knowingly disobeys any rul e made and
promulgated 2[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 mont hs, or with
fine, or with both.
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