Exhibition of false light, mark or buoy
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Summary
Exhibiting a false light, mark or buoy that you intend or know is likely to mislead anyone navigating is an offence. It applies when someone puts up fake signals that could cause ships or boats to take a wrong course. Penalty: imprisonment for up to seven years, or fine, or both.
Example
Ravi fixes a homemade buoy with a light near a safe channel so fishermen will steer elsewhere. Boats following that fake signal may be led into danger, and Ravi can be prosecuted under this provision. He faces up to seven years' imprisonment, or a fine, or both.
Bare Act
Enacted textWhoever exhibits any false light, mark or buoy, intending or knowing it to be likely that such exhibition will mislead any navigator, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, or with fine, or with both.
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