The Merchant Shipping Act, 1958

Section 234. Power to exclude drunken passengers from passenger ships

In force · As amended up to 2026-08

234. Power to exclude drunken passengers from passenger ships .―The master of any passenger ship may refuse to receive on board thereof any person who by reason of drunkenness or otherwise is in such a state, or misconducts himself in such a manner, as to cause annoyance or injury to passengers on board, and if any such person is on board, may put him on shore at any convenient place; and a person so refused admittance or put on shore shall not be entitled to the return of any fare he has paid

Source: India Code