Conveying person by water for hire in unsafe or overloaded vessel
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Summary
Carrying a paying passenger by water in a boat that is unsafe or overloaded is an offence. Anyone who knowingly or negligently carries, or causes to be carried, a person for hire in such a vessel can be punished with imprisonment up to six months, or a fine up to one thousand rupees, or both. It covers deliberate acts and careless conduct that endanger a passenger's life.
Example
Ravi hires a boat to cross a river but the boat is clearly overloaded. The boatman knowingly takes Ravi anyway. The boatman, or anyone who caused the conveyance for hire, may be punished with up to six months imprisonment, a fine up to one thousand rupees, or both.
Bare Act
Enacted textWhoever 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 one thousand rupees, or with both.
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