Disobedience to quarantine rule

What this section does

Punishes knowing disobedience of government-made quarantine rules applicable to modes of transport or to regulating movement between infected and uninfected places. The offence requires actual knowledge of the rule and deliberate non-compliance.

AI-generated plain-language summary. For the binding statutory text, see India Code (official).

Quick reference

Punishment

Imprisonment of either description for up to 6 months, or fine, or both.

Triable by

Any Magistrate

Cognizable

No

Bailable

Yes

Compoundable

No

Ingredients (what prosecution must prove)

1. The Government had made a rule for putting a mode of transport into quarantine, or regulating intercourse of such transport in quarantine, or regulating intercourse between places where an infectious disease prevails and other places
2. The accused disobeyed such a rule
3. The disobedience was knowing (i.e., the accused was aware of the rule)

Derived from IPC s.271.