Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08
25. Penalty on shipmaster bringing European convicts to India.
Power to exempt certain shipmasters.
26. Recovery of fines.
Payment of fines.
27. Prosecutions.
28. Limits of jurisdiction.
29. Validity of proceedings where Magistrate is not the nearest.
25. Every master of a ship landing or allowing to land in any part of British India any person of European extraction who has been convicted in any other part of Her Majesty's dominions of felony, or of an offence which, if committed in England, would be felony, shall, on conviction before a Magistrate, be liable, for every such person so landed or allowed to land, to pay a fine not exceeding five hundred rupees
and
and not less than one hundred rupees, and, in default of payment, to imprisonment for an, term not exceeding two months,
unless the defendant satisfy the Magistrate by evidence (which the defendant is hereby declared competent to give), that he had made due enquiry as to the person so landed, or allowed to land, and that he had no reason to believe that such person had been convicted as aforesaid.
Power to exempt certain shipmasters.
The Governor General in Council may from time to time, by notification in the Gazette of India, exempt from the operation of the former part of this section the masters of any class of ships, on such terms as to the Governor General in Council seem fit, and either in respect of all or of any of the persons on board such ships.
The Governor General in Council may in like manner revoke any exemption made under this section.
Recovery of fines.
Source: India Code