Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
Section 165
The master or person in charge of a merchant vessel, on board of which any
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deserter from the Army, Navy or Air Force of the Government of India is concealed, shall, though ignorant of such concealment, be liable to a penalty not exceeding three thousand 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 discipline on board of the vessel. Abetment of act of insubordination by soldier, sailor or airman.