Section 284 - Conveying person by water for hire in unsafe or overloaded vessel - Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

Conveying person by water for hire in unsafe or overloaded vessel. 284 . Whoever 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 five thousand rupees, or with both.