Section 260. Bringing passengers from foreign port in excess of authorised number prohibited

260. Bringing passengers from foreign port in excess of authorised number prohibited .―No owner, agent or master of[3] [special trade passenger ship] shall carry or cause to be carried from any port or place outside India to any port or place in India a number of passengers greater than― (a) the number allowed for the ship by or under this Part, or (b) the number allowed by the licence or certificate, if any, granted in respect of the ship at her port or place of departure, whichever number is less. 261 . [ Passenger welfare cess .] Rep. by the Finance Act, 2016 (28 of 2016), s. 239 and the Fifteenth Schedule ( w.e.f . 14-5-2016). 1. Subs. by Act 69 of 1976, s. 2, for "unberthed passengers" (w.e.f. 1-12-1976). 2. Ins. by s. 13, ibid. (w.e.f. 1-12-1976). 3. Subs. by s. 2, ibid ., for "an unberthed passenger ship" (w.e.f. 1-12-1976). 1 [261A. Bunks to be provided for passengers. ―Every special trade passenger ship making a voyage the duration of which, in ordinary circumstances, may extend to seventy-two hours or more shall provide for each passenger on board a bunk of the prescribed size and particulars.