Emigration Act 1869, 6 of 1869, (Rep., Act 7 of 1871)

Section 5. Notwithstanding anything contained in the same Act, section forty-seven, no compartment in an emigra

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5. Notwithstanding anything contained in the same Act, section forty-seven, no compartment in an emigrant ship shall take more than one adult emigrant for every twelve superficial feet on deck, and for every cubic space of seventy-two feet, or more than one child who shall have completed two and shall not have completed ten years of age for every eight superficial feet on deck.

Source: India Code